Surgery - Page 77

December 27, 2016

Quicker weight bearing may be safe with knee cartilage surgery

People receiving a graft of their own knee cartilage cells may be better off returning to full weight bearing after six weeks instead of the standard eight, a small study suggests.

December 23, 2016

Older women with breast cancer still left out of medical trials

Older women are still underrepresented in medical trials evaluating treatments for breast cancer, according to a new study.

December 22, 2016

Living kidney donors often pay their own expenses

Most living kidney donors pay at least some of the expenses related to donation themselves, which may limit how many people can afford to provide organs to transplant recipients, a U.S. study suggests.

December 22, 2016

Kids in poor countries have higher death rates from abdominal surgery

Children who have emergency surgery for conditions like appendicitis may be up to seven times more likely to die when they live in poor countries than when they live in more affluent nations, a study suggests.

December 15, 2016

2-year-old boy paralyzed in traumatic birth regains left-arm function

A 2-year-old Atlanta boy who was born during a 2014 snowstorm is learning how to play like other children after a traumatic birth damaged his spinal cord and paralyzed his left arm.

December 15, 2016

Separated conjoined twins meet for first time since surgery

The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation.

December 9, 2016

Woman posts warning photo about multitasking with babies after stove burner explodes

A Wisconsin mother who posted a photo of herself with severe face, neck and chest burns is warning other parents about the possible dangers of multitasking while carrying their babies.

December 9, 2016

Conjoined twins now separated say 'dada' for the first time

It was all love and hugs for two formerly conjoined twins, who have been doing well since they left the Bronx hospital where they were separated in October and have appeared in new a video in which one sweetly coos, “Dada.”

December 8, 2016

People with traumatic brain injuries more likely to go to prison

Men and women who suffered traumatic brain injuries had more than twice the risk of winding up in a federal prison in Canada as their uninjured peers, a new study shows.

December 8, 2016

Facebook post inspires mother of 2 to donate kidney to stranger

A chance posting on a Facebook page led a stranger to volunteer as a kidney donor for a 17-year-old in desperate need of a new organ.