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Medicare’s Free Wellness Visit Can Prevent Diabetes Amputation

• What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
• Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
• Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Lower Odds for Many Cancers
• Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation

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More Than 18 Million Cancer Survivors Living in U.S. as of Jan. 1, 2022

Considerable racial disparities seen in treatment, with surgery receipt lower for Black versus…

• Both Bariatric Surgery Methods Yield Similar 10-Year Results
• Post-Tonsillectomy Deaths Up in Children With Complex Chronic Conditions
• Robotic Surgery Offers Benefits for Total Hip Arthroplasty

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September 2020 Briefing - Surgery

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Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery

The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…

The Wrongly Famous in Medical History

In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…

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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development

As I understand, this is a great step of development that we can use to save many people from horrible diseases. and i also hope Dr.Lain and your partners…

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