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What It Takes to Treat Liver Cancer Today
… longer a last resort; for carefully selected patients, it can treat both cancer and underlying liver disease at the … scans, biopsies, and treatment decisions. Care doesn’t move through a single specialty either; it exists at the … limited. “ Living donor liver transplant is often the only reliable pathway,” Dr. Hawksworth says. “And people do their …
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Second Opinion FAQs
… decisions about almost any other aspect of your life, don't you rely on more than one source of information? Have you … care means seeking as much information as possible so you can decide what is best for you. Of course, if you feel … and discuss the matter with a friend or relative who is a reliable sounding board. Consider the options and the …
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State of the Union: Lung and Chest Care Today
… who want to stay longer are doing it because they don’t want to deal with driving home or things like that. What’s … gravis [ a chronic condition where weakened muscles can affect breathing ] or other conditions, I offer patients … ability to diagnose and treat at the same time. And to be fair, the “at the same time” approach can be complicated. I …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 5/04/20
… with highly variable accuracy. Even using the most reliable ELISA assays, absence of antibody does not exclude … information, but doesn’t guarantee that someone so studied can’t transmit the coronavirus on a given day by falling … Any FAQ answer must be accurate; advertising puffs may be fair play in commerce, but not in a pandemic. Ideally, the …
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State of the Union: Colorectal Surgery in 2023
… option or their quality of life is so poor, the K-pouch can be great because you’re not carrying a bag on the outside … are these pouch procedures? Do you have a lot of folks who come in assuming an ostomy bag is the only option? … offer a laparoscopic surgery for all these. But we do a fair amount of complicated surgery through laparoscopy. And …
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About Our Health Guide Team
… topics into easily digestible guides, ensuring that you can find the information you need in a clear and accessible manner. We don’t shy away from sharing all the details, we just try to … Our Approach When it comes to your health, accurate and reliable information is essential. Many medical center …
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State of the Union: Lung and Chest Care in 2025
… we’re practicing and keep that model in place so one team can see a patient and treat them effectively. Are they able … There’s still a need for more education. The diaphragm isn’t always respected as an organ that can be treated. Many … cancer. I have a new favorite question I would like to ask: If you had no budget or bureaucratic restraints, what …
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Waiting for a Kidney Transplant? Your chances for transplant could soon improve.
… on the surface, and the system was designed to be as fair as possible, unintended consequences have cropped up … heart or liver will be prioritized higher than someone who can wait longer for a transplant, because you can’t live without a heart or liver (although LVADs are now …
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On What Makes A Good Surgeon: Insight from Surgeon and Mentor Dr. James Church
… Retirement takes on different meanings for different folks, but for James Church, MD, retirement became about … colonoscopist. He does sedationless colonoscopy and can do it so well that people remain completely awake and don’t even feel pain. They don’t feel a thing,” says Dr. Kiran. …
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Profile in Hope: A New Surgery Helps Improve the Lives of Babies with Spina Bifida
… at all.” ― Emily Dickinson Hope is a funny thing — you can’t measure it and you can’t describe it, but it is felt both … time and time again. Hope is what drove Madeline Guzman to ask for more, ask for a second opinion about a grave …
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To ER is Human: When TV Makes a Mess of Medical Care
… those high standards, it’s reassuring to know that we CAN have it both ways. To better appreciate how rare that is, … it. And yes, pun intended. (Full disclosure: settle in, folks. There will be more of these.) Show: Grey’s Anatomy … either on their own or with help from a machine. To be fair, intubation is tricky to show on TV. While the need for …
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Learn About Our Clinical Trials
… the most difference. By testing them on volunteers, we can see first-hand how these interventions work in the real world, helping us continually develop improved ways for delivering care. Open Clinical Trials at RecruitMe … criteria is a critical part of producing meaningful and reliable results. Benefits and Risks of Participating …
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Duties & Responsibilities
… with a very heavy workload. In short, there is no reliable way to predict the characteristics of each service … and should also see procedures on other teams so they can get a good feel for the various types of operations done … on your patients just as in the morning, except you don't have to write a note unless there are significant changes. …
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Gratefulness, Relief, and a New Challenge: Large-Scale Vaccination Efforts at the Armory Draws Us All Closer
… University Irving Medical Center. Eligible patients can sign up online through Connect , the New … “The biggest complaint from patients was there wasn't a lot of transparency as to when they would release a flood … of open appointments. So I talked to quite a few older folks who were doing some crazy refreshing on the page at …
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Other Things You Will Want to Know Beforehand
… During clinical clerkships, medical students often ask, “What is expected of me?” The reply is vague, … Do this on morning rounds so that the whole team knows and can plan your involvement in patient care. We do miss you … so it helps to know where you are—and remember, if you don’t see us, we don’t see you! Don’t leave at the end of the …
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