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Robotic Surgery for Weight Loss: Greater Precision, Control and Clarity
… Robot enhanced minimally invasive surgery is the latest advance in bariatric surgery. In the following … what patients need to know about this new approach. What is robotic weight loss surgery? Robotic laparoscopic … clear and steady view of the surgical field. Even the best surgical assistant is less steady than that. The robot’s …
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Heart Disease Was Common in Ancient Egypt, Too
… Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people in the United States … kills over 370,000 men and women annually. Heart disease is considered the top preventable disease in the United States, as it is largely attributed to lifestyle habits like poor diet, …
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Should I try a Low-FODMAP diet?
… bowel habits, and abdominal pain. The low-FODMAPs diet is one of the hottest topics in digestive health since it … may even be effective in other digestive disorders. What is the low-FODMAP diet? The low-FODMAP diet is an elimination diet that involves removing high-FODMAP …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/20/20
… the urgent OR schedule even more dramatically. There is a sliver of a silver lining—it appears the alarm raised … yesterday about our blood supply was overstated. PPE is an increasingly limited resource, most dramatically … beginning to accelerate, but that relief is weeks away at best. These figures might make it hard for readers to …
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A Personal Update from Dr. Emile Bacha on COVID-19
… friends and colleagues: Several of you have asked how it is going and so I will respond here. As most of you know NYC is now the epicenter of the COVID epidemic and my hospital … to depress anybody but that’s the new reality now for us. Best wishes to all and may everybody stay safe, Emile Emile …
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Nicholas Morrissey: A Lesson in Humanity with the Accidental Surgeon
… he were stressed, you would never know it. Dr. Morrissey is a vascular surgeon . He treats diseases of the arteries, … room. To that, Dr. Morrissey exclaimed, “You're the best! I'm so grateful to you today, I really thank you so … cold lunch in the afternoon, he got a phone call from his best friend, Bill. Their relationship started when Bill was a …
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A Biomimetic Patch Could Soon Change the Way We Do Heart Valve Repairs
… David Kalfa, MD, is a pediatric heart surgeon with a PhD in tissue … malformations currently? Malformation of heart valves is very frequent in children, and there are different ways to … Patient Does Mini Marathon Can Data Help You Find the Best Heart Surgeon? Subscribe to Healthpoints and never miss …
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Sugar and Cancer
… CDN One commonly asked question asked by oncology patients is “Does Sugar Feed Cancer?” Eating sugar can be a source of … up, there are lots of delicious sweets around, so now is the perfect time to address this topic. Currently, there is no evidenced based research to show sugar causes cancer. …
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Patient Story: Marc Weisenfreund
… demeanor, his kind bedside manner, and his knowledge. He is an extraordinarily caring physician – probably the most … of the problem, an umbilical hernia. An umbilical hernia is a condition in which part of the intestines protrudes …
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B. Payne Stanifer, MD, MPH, Joins the Department of Surgery
… Center and Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire. He is Board-certified in general surgery. While at Dartmouth, he … at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary where he …
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Stories of Hope: Alyson's Story
… Hello! Let me introduce myself. My name is Alyson, I am 30 years young and a patient of Dr. Beth … that often could not be pinpointed. All we could pinpoint is that the battles were painful and I suffered from time to … contact me. My email address is courage_and_strength@yahoo.com . Together we will help you get through this even if it …
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"Thank you a thousand times over." Susan Balcirak's Letter to the CLDT
… I always meant to send a thank you letter, but now that it is his 1-year anniversary and we can see how much he has changed, what you have done for us is even more meaningful. We were given words of encouragement … to. We were afraid to be too hopeful. Now Dean truly is a normal little boy. He is a good size and growing fast, a …
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Premier Center for the Treatment of Diaphragm Disorders
… For most of us, breathing is a reflex, requiring little or no thought. It’s something … more room for them to inflate. When the diaphragm is impaired or paralyzed, breathing becomes labored, … one side may have a 50 percent reduction.” The good news is that safe and minimally invasive surgical procedures can …
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