A los pacientes negros les va peor que a los blancos tras las angioplastias y las endoprótesis
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los adultos negros que se someten a un procedimiento común para abrir las arterias bloqueadas son readmitidos al hospital con mayor frecuencia que sus pares blancos. También es más probable que mu…
Learn MoreVaginal Birth After C-Section Tied to Later Pelvic Floor Surgery
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Among women with a previous cesarean section, giving birth via a subsequent planned vaginal birth is associated with an increased risk for undergoing later pelvic floor surgery, according to a study published…
Learn MoreBlack Patients Fare Worse Than White Patients After Angioplasty, Stents
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. They’re also more likely to die in the years after treatment, a new …
Learn MoreLa llegada de la ‘medicina sin sangre’ ayuda a algunos pacientes a evitar las transfusiones
LUNES, 28 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Antes de someterse a una histerectomía debido a unos periodos intensos en noviembre, Andrea Acerra, de 45 años, recibió una transfusión de hierro para mejorar su conteo de glóbulos rojos y evitar la n…
Learn MoreQOL Up With Pembrolizumab Versus Ipilimumab, HDI in Resected Melanoma
MONDAY, Nov. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with high-risk resected melanoma, adjuvant pembrolizumab improves quality of life (QOL) compared with standard of care with ipilimumab or high-dose interferon α 2b (HDI), according to a study publ…
Learn MoreRobotic Resection Cuts Perioperative Morbidity With Liver Cancer
MONDAY, Nov. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Robotic liver resection (RLR) is associated with a significant reduction in perioperative morbidity for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) versus open-liver resection (OLR), according to a study publi…
Learn MoreAdvent of ‘Bloodless Medicine’ Is Helping Some Patients Avoid Transfusions
MONDAY, Nov. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Before Andrea Acerra, 45, had a hysterectomy due to heavy periods in November, she received an iron infusion to boost her red blood cell count and stave off the need for a transfusion.”I was just worried about…
Learn MoreMRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Aids Essential Tremor Over Five Years
MONDAY, Nov. 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unilateral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for medication-refractory essential tremor shows sustained and significant tremor improvement at five years, accordin…
Learn MoreFor Older Adults, Loneliness Ups Mortality After Nonelective Surgery
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For older adults undergoing nonelective surgery, loneliness is associated with increased odds of death at 30 days, according to a research letter published online Nov. 16 in JAMA Surgery.Mary R. Shen, M.D.,…
Learn MoreOutcomes Similar for Total Ankle Replacement, Ankle Fusion in OA
TUESDAY, Nov. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For patients with end-stage ankle osteoarthritis, total ankle replacement (TAR) and ankle fusion (AF) have similar clinical scores and harms, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in the Annals of Int…
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