A single surgery to remove cancer from both the colon and the liver to which it has spread may be better in some cases than the current standard treatment of two separate surgeries with chemotherapy in between, according to a study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers.
A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System may change the way physicians assess a patient?s risk of having a stroke.
Patients in Liverpool are to trial a new therapy for pancreatic cancer — a disease which sees most sufferers die within a year of diagnosis.
Colorectal cancer patients who undergo colonoscopic surveillance during follow-up after surgery experience improved survival, according to a study to be published in the April issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology but currently available online.
The success of long term hip replacement surgery may lie in the genes, suggests research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Weight loss surgery, such as gastric bypass surgery, can lead to a vitamin deficiency that can cause memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, and other problems leading to Wernicke encephalopathy.
Aga Khan University (AKU) is proud to share a peer-reviewed article, “Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Treatment in Pakistan,” which will appear in the March 14 issue of PLoS ONE, the international, open-access online journal from the Public Library of Science.
Obese patients have a significantly higher risk of complications following surgery, including heart attack, wound infection, nerve injury and urinary tract infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Health System.
It is important for obesity surgery patients to take their prescribed vitamin supplements and to be alert for symptoms such as vomiting, confusion, lack of coordination and visual changes — signs of a serious neurological condition that can develop after the surgery.
Weight loss surgery, such as gastric bypass surgery, can lead to a vitamin deficiency that can cause memory loss and confusion, inability to coordinate movement, and other problems, according to a study published in the March 13, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.