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Riding Through the Odds: Kieran Kelly’s Journey with Rare 59-Pound Tumor
… opinion: “If you don’t get this checked out, he’s going to die.” Persistence, Self-Advocacy, and a Lifesaving Plan with … like this,” he remembers thinking. “I wasn’t afraid to die. I wasn’t afraid to have the surgery. I was gone that …
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More than 30 Columbia Surgeons Named New York’s Super Doctors
… Hospital in New York More than 30 Columbia Surgeons Named "Top Docs" by NY Magazine Subscribe to Healthpoints and never …
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Rewarding Medicine: Can Hospital Rankings Work for You?
… well as by region, and includes an overall tally for the top twenty. Hospitals love to boast about their rankings … depending on your perspective — Columbia is in the top ten] , but how meaningful are these distinctions? Let’s … 2018 and 2019 with the number who would be expected to die given the severity of illness. Hospitals were scored from …
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Seeing the Liver for the Trees
… and recipient. In the U.S., where 12% of those in need may die waiting and 13% become too sick, more living liver … 12 percent of people who need a liver transplant will die waiting for one and 13 percent will become too sick to … can,” says Dr. Emond. “We think the number of people who die waiting for transplant is unacceptable. There’s really an …
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Fighting For A New Way To Treat Difficult Cancers
… is a small field. I get the sense that if you're at the top of the field and you have been treating your patients one … to include proton therapy,” he says. “I'm too young to die of cancer, and I will die of old age now because I was fortunate enough to run into …
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President Grover Cleveland had a Deadly Secret
… cancerous tumor, and if it were not removed he would soon die. The newly re-elected President was at a crucial impasse; …
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Fixing the Gap in Breast Cancer Care in African American Communities
… has improved over time, black women are more likely to die at every stage of breast cancer when compared to other …
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What We’re Reading: 8/30/19
… to receive a lesser quality of care. ( From STATnews.com ) Read a follow-up discussion with surgeons Michelle … Now, She’s in Another Fight for Her Life. Twenty people die each day waiting for a life-saving organ. That’s a fact … barriers and what we can do to fix them. ( From NYTimes.com ) Read a related discussion with transplant surgeon …
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What We’re Reading: 09/06/19
… middle school and high school children.” ( From healthline.com ) Children with rare genetic disease find comfort in this … of this community. Don’t miss the video. ( From usatoday.com ) Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People … for teens struggling with obesity. Columbia Ranked Top Medical Center for Research Columbia was named the top …
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