Organ transplant does not worsen prostate cancer outcome
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 12:09(HealthDay)—Among older men with prostate cancer, an organ transplant is associated with higher overall mortality, but not prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM), according to a study published online Nov. 15 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Mental health disorders may affect hip arthroscopy outcomes
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 12:09(HealthDay)—For patients with femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) undergoing hip arthroscopy, those with psychological impairment are less likely to achieve a favorable outcome, according to a review published online Dec. 12 in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Team investigates why candidates for cochlear implants rarely get them
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 11:00Many hearing loss patients are cochlear implant candidates, but few use this technology that could improve their hearing and quality of life.
Regrettable tattoo? Robots with tiny lasers could soon erase the pain
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 09:52They are the faded souvenirs of your questionable judgement, unbridled revelry, and/or dissolved relationships. But if you thought you'd be stuck with your bad tattoos forever—or face the pain and potential scarring of laser removal—take heart: A new robot-guided laser removal system being developed by the Brain Tool Laboratory at Duke aims to make the process quick and painless.
Depression, anxiety may hinder healing in young patients with hip pain
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 08:00New research suggests that physicians evaluating young patients with hip pain should consider more than such patients' physical health. They also should consider screening those patients for clinical depression and anxiety—impairments that researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found can have a negative impact on outcomes following hip surgery, such as pain, slower recoveries and inadequate return to activity.
Tracking the movements and minds of surgeons to improve performance
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 07:47Stanford scientist Carla Pugh has spent years developing wearable technologies for surgeons. Her goal: Use data to improve surgical decision-making.
Children much more likely to die after surgery in poor countries
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 16:05Children in low resourced countries are 100-200 times more likely to die after surgery than children in wealthy countries, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in Anesthesiology.
Castration of men was based on knowledge of the female body
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 10:49Many men know that benign prostate enlargement can affect their quality of life. The prostate, normally the size of a walnut, can swell up, causing pain and a need to urinate frequently. Today there is a range of treatment methods, but in the past it was different. In her thesis, Elin Björk investigates the treatment method that was prevalent from the late 19th century to the early 20th century: castration. In castration, the testicles are removed in order to address problems relating to prostate enlargement. But the risk of complications after the operation was high.