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Metabolic Syndrome: What You Need to Know

… five times as likely to develop diabetes, as those who don't have metabolic syndrome. But many people are not yet … According to Marc Bessler, MD, Chief of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery, "Patients don't … to have all of the above conditions, but when three or more occur together, the association of these problems is …

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Are You Dense?

… breast density level, because density affects both risk for breast cancer as well as the ability of mammography to … finding that women with dense breast tissue are 4.6 times more likely to develop breast cancer than women with fatty … Epidemiology by McCormack, concluded that breast density can increase the likelihood of developing breast cancer by …

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Frankenstein and the Electricity of the Heart

… the creature, and the reminder of how close life and death can sit to one another. Shelley, writing in 1818, lived at a … waiting to be switched on. Two centuries later, we know more about the true electricity of life than Shelley could … atrioventricular node delays the signal just long enough for the ventricles to fill. →Down the His-Purkinje system …

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Chest Wall Anomalies

… by malformed ribs protruding outward. Pectus cavernatum can often be corrected non-surgically through a bracing … leading them to withdraw from physical activities. For years, the standard surgical correction of PE was the … As increasing numbers of surgeons offered this procedure, more patients began undergoing corrective surgery that would …

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Using AI for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer? Five Questions with Dr. John Chabot

… here. Will you give us an overview of the findings; how AI can detect pancreatic cancer? It’s an incredibly exciting … Health Record, which is a very robust EHR, and has been for a long time. They told the AI system, okay, go out now … Is it about preventative measures of some kind? We don’t have anything to do that right now. If we had our existing …

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Good Girl Greta: What the Body Was Saying All Along

… Rachel Ross found herself doing something she hadn’t been able to do in years: walking through New York without … onto the street, back into the rhythm of the city. But for a long time, that kind of movement had felt far out of … many women do, to translate what she felt into something more acceptable. “I began to doubt my own body,” she said. By …

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Organ Rejection after Renal Transplant

… Even with the use of immunosuppressants, your body can at times recognize your transplanted organ as a foreign … your new kidney decreases with time, but rejection can occur at any time after transplant. Most rejection … has been created by  Columbia’s Health Guide Team . Learn more about our efforts to bring you the clearest, most …

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Cleft & Craniofacial Center Earns National Approval

… Commission on Approval of Teams according to the Standards for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Teams. This designation … indicates that the team meets the high standards for Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Teams as set forth by the … the new system of approval (as of 2014) entails a far more demanding set of requirements than before. According to …

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Surgery for Aortic Stenosis: PARTNER Trial Update

… stenosis who are unable to undergo traditional surgery for technical reasons fared better with transcatheter aortic … open heart surgery. In an article published in NewsDaily.com, Dr. Ajay Kirtane, an interventional cardiologist at … issues for inoperability that would render surgical AVR more complex or difficult fared better overall with TAVR than …

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Metabolic syndrome in 40s linked to TV, lack of exercise, at age 16

… according to Marc Bessler, MD, Chief of the Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery. Yet as Dr. Bessler … the evaluation of TV watching should be considered more of a 'surrogate marker' that likely involves other … these participants were due to which factors. "The study can not answer all of these questions, but it does raise …

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The History of Plastic Surgery: Exploring the Legacy of Jerome P. Webster

… An interview with plastic surgeon  Jarrod T. Bogue, MD and Katherine Satriano, Head of  Archives and … medical history, being an institution that’s been around for a long time. A lot of major discoveries have happened … The big thing is the lack of  microsurgery . Today, I can move tissue by disconnecting it and reconnecting blood …

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Transposition of the Great Arteries

… transports oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. For babies with TGA, these arteries are switched, causing … body and oxygen-rich blood to flow back to the lungs. TGA can be diagnosed during pregnancy or shortly after birth, … TGA is detected. Fetal echocardiogram: This test provides more detailed images of the fetus’s heart. It can show …

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Westchester Bariatric Surgery Program

… a variety of both surgical and nonsurgical services for patients suffering from metabolic, obesity and … U.S. Defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, obesity can lead to life-threatening conditions such as type 2 …

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Shirley ShiDu Yan Lab

… Association. She currently sits on the editorial board for several prominent research publications, including … She also severs on research grant review committee for National Institute of health and multiple research … movement resulting in less movable mitochondria and more stationary mitochondria (blue) in AD cybrids. …

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Breast Cancer Care Program at Columbia

… breast cancer and would like to learn about your options for care, we can help. Call (212) 305-9676 or complete our online request … strategies like reconstructive surgery, you have more options than ever to beat your cancer with the dignity …

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