MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — John Nicolas was deep into kidney transplant surgery when he decided to ask his doctors if they’d started yet. “At one point during surgery, I recall asking, ‘Should I be expecting the spinal anesthesia to kick in?’” Nicolas, 28, recalled in a newsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A surgery that helps 7- to 10-year-olds with cerebral palsy walk also helps older kids and teens with the condition, a groundbreaking study shows. “We had thought that the older kids would not do as well, but there was really no difference inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Animal studies are often considered a first step in finding new drugs and treatments for human diseases, but a new review has discovered that precious few actually produce real-world therapies. Only 5% of therapies tested in animals wind up being approved by regulatorsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells. In early testing, these microbots extended the average survival time of lab mice with melanoma that had spread to the lungs, according to a reportContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) — British retiree David Butler was surprised to find that he had prostate cancer, and that it had spread to the lymph nodes and other places near the prostate. “I had literally no symptoms apart from needing to pee more quickly whenever I didContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four hospitals in Canada found that the amount of anesthesia used didContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Despite recent concerns that taking Ozempic, Wegovy or other GLP-1 medications might be unsafe before a surgery, a new review has uncovered no such danger. The issue arose because weight-loss drugs slow gastric emptying. The thought was that food might linger in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A woman who was the second person to ever receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig has had the transplanted organ removed due to complications linked to a heart pump she is using, her doctors said. Lisa Pisano, 54, remains hospitalized andContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Nerve surgery can reduce the number of headache days for people who suffer frequent migraines, a new review finds. The procedure also can decrease the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks, according to results published in the June issue of the journal PlasticContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — California skateboarder Jared Hager has become the first person to receive a transparent skull replacement, which allows doctors to better view the function of his brain. The window has allowed doctors to both monitor his progress and test new and better scanning methodsContinue Reading