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Are You Dense?
… Most women appreciate the importance of regular mammograms in detecting breast cancer at the earliest possible stage. In the last few years, new information has shed light on the … as the ability of mammography to detect any abnormalities. In particular, researchers have published two statistics that …
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Columbia Researchers Seek Answers for Rise of Colon Cancer in Younger Patients
… By Alan Dove; Originally published in the CUIMC Newsroom Key Takeaways: Despite overall declines in colon cancer rates, a concerning trend of rising incidence … healthy young people? It’s one of the biggest mysteries in oncology today, and three physician-scientists at Columbia …
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Courage to Share: The Importance of Publishing Adverse Surgical Outcomes
… surgeon who said , “What a great article on adverse events in aortic root surgery. So refreshing to see a surgical group … improve on. Bravo.” What a great article on adverse events in aortic root surgery. So refreshing to see a surgical group … by the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and published in the latest issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery : …
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State of the Union: The Stealth Innovations of Modern Surgical Care
… MD , Chairman of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at Columbia, about the many technological, … professional, and cultural changes that are happening in surgery today and in the future. The Future, Today What is … speculations as to why? The only explanation I’ve heard points to the training sets used by large language models …
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Adrenal Awareness: Today’s Adrenal Surgery Techniques (and Tomorrow’s)
… endocrine surgeon at Columbia University Medical Center. In light of Adrenal Awareness Month 2023, Dr. McManus joined … really important that we get the entire adrenal gland out in one piece so that we don't spread anything around. Dr. … vs. Open AND Front vs. Back Dr. Hyesoo Lowe: In the United States, what's the most common way to do an …
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The Ozempic Effect: Everything You Need to Know About Medical Weight Loss
… for obesity, risks, benefits, and all the questions in between. Key Takeaways: There is a positive impact of … health conditions, surgery typically results in greater and more sustained weight loss than medication … patients on the lower end of the scale who are only losing in the 10 percent range, and they'll say 90 percent of …
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5 Questions with Dr. John Chabot about Work/Life Balance and the Joy of Gardening
… This story was first published in NYP Advances . Every evening, Dr. John Chabot, chief of … “I enjoy taking care of these living things that, in turn, also produce.” Dr. Chabot, who has been a surgeon … having enough time for passion projects was more difficult in the hectic, early years of his career. So we asked him for …
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Leading with Compassion: Treating Generations of Families with Colorectal Cancer
… Before exiting retirement to join the team at Columbia in 2021, Dr. Church spent 30 years at the Cleveland Clinic, … cancer as the third most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States—unlike other cancers, “we have access to the pre-cancer stage.” “Every colon cancer starts off in benign polyps, every single one,” he explains. With …
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TAVR for Aortic Valve Issues
… the chest bone to give surgeons access to the heart. In the TAVR procedure, doctors use very small incisions to … “severe” by a cardiologist or cardiac surgeon. Severity, in these cases, is based on the results of clinical tests … candidates for TAVR. Gradually, as data started to come in from these early trials, TAVR was given as an option for …
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Adrenal Awareness: Adrenal Incidentalomas
… endocrine surgeon at Columbia University Medical Center. In light of Adrenal Awareness Month 2023, Dr. Kuo joined Dr. … recent term. I believe the first time it was actually used in the literature was back in 1982. And so, it's relatively recent, and it basically …
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Thyroid, Parathyroid, & Endocrine Surgery at Columbia
… make up the body’s endocrine system , are very treatable. In many cases, the problem can be managed with medication, … as part of a team-based approach with their colleagues in medical endocrinology, oncology, radiology, pathology, … or parathyroid condition. Although our centers are based in New York, we are a resource for people with endocrine …
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New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines Will Save Lives, But There’s Still Work To Do
… Health Center at Columbia, about the most recent change in lung cancer screening guidelines . Talk to us about the … criteria and the amount of smoking you have to have done in the past. The criteria went from age 55 to 50 and then … . And 20 pack-years is honestly what we use already, even in lung transplant. What does the term “pack years” mean …
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From NYP’s Health Matters: Rachel’s Journey to a New Heart
… Harper was no stranger to having tough conversations in doctor’s offices, being a cancer survivor and having lived … process what her cardiologist told her at an appointment in 2019. After running some tests, her care team had … heart failure was rapidly progressing, and she was in need of more serious intervention. “Rachel, you are …
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From NYP’s Health Matters: New York’s First Heart-Lung-Liver Transplant Recipient Reflects on Her Second Chance at Life
… Story by Camille Bautista-Fryer; First published in NewYork-Presbyterian's blog Health Matters In a rare procedure last year, a multidisciplinary transplant … first heart, double lung, and liver transplant. Clad in a bright red “Birthday Queen” sash and surrounded by …
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Starting Life with Gastroschisis, Ethan Was Born to Be Brave
… Jeanine Ozoa found out she was pregnant with her son Ethan in 2014, she never imagined she’d be packing up her life four … Ethan’s bowels were outside his belly. “There was a hole in his stomach and certain organs were protruding out,” she … other organs, to form outside the body due to a hole in the abdominal wall. Coming Home for Care At the time, …
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