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Debbie Bakes M.D. joins the Division of Colorectal Surgery
… Dr. Bakes received her B.A. and M.A. in Biochemistry from Brandeis University. After earning her M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine, she continued her …
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What We’re Reading: 06/05/20
… compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.” ( From theatlantic.com ) Racism in Medicine It’s frankly too difficult to pick one article from this issue published by the BMJ. You may notice some … the serious and deadly impacts of racism on health. ( From bmj.com ) How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About …
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What We’re Reading: 06/12/20
… five essential starting actions. We must do them. ( From nejm.org ) COVID-19 and Racial Disparities: Moving … not just surgeons and medical leadership, would benefit from reading this action plan to redesign the way we deliver … of all surgeons to act on health disparities. ( From journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery ) Why Black doctors …
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Added sugars – a bad gut feeling!
… (9-18 year olds consume a whopping 17% of their diets from added sugars)! Nearly half of the added sugars we consume are from sweetened beverages and a third is from snacks and sweet treats. Where are the hidden added …
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Fixing the Gap in Breast Cancer Care in African American Communities
… in three people. According to the latest available data from the New York State Cancer Registry , the overall cancer … who have seen an economic recession locally, can benefit from mobile clinics and additional attention from the Department of Health on both obesity and cancer risk …
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Calculate your BMI
… a shortened life span. There is also added potential risk from continued weight increase. The risk of severe obesity is …
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Gastric Bypass Surgery: More Benefits than Weight Loss
… options. It’s also very safe. Who benefits the most from gastric bypass surgery? It’s particularly effective for obese patients who are also suffering from diabetes or reflux. There have been a number of high … it redirects the flow of stomach acid and bile away from the esophagus so reflux patients no longer have …
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Islet Cell Transplant Ends Chronic Pain
… “I left his office swearing up and down,” Cody said. “From then on, I tried to manage this disease myself. Whenever … need none at all. And because the islet cells are taken from the patient’s own pancreas, there is no need for … therapy. In the weeks ahead, Cody would need more help from the Columbia team. Over time, he had developed a …
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A Biomimetic Patch Could Soon Change the Way We Do Heart Valve Repairs
… But they are not living materials. Are they bovine or from another animal? They can be autologous tissues—tissues coming from the patients. So, for example, we usually use the … certain other patches that you just mentioned—pericardium from cows or pigs. But none of these patches are optimal …
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Can Data Help You Find the Best Heart Surgeon?
… By Jeff Craven Heart surgery has come a long way from when Dr. F. John Lewis performed one of the first open … own database , which tracks adult cardiac surgery outcomes from centers within the state. However, unlike the STS … on paper as a center where 100 out of 1,000 patients die from a procedure. In addition, while the STS database can be …
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Stories of Hope: John Whitley
… 16, 2011 my oncologist called me to tell me that scans from the previous day showed that the tumor in my liver had … Presbyterian Hospital during my "regular visits" there from March 2011 onwards. …
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Aortic Valve Disease FAQs
… It is not a success to have the patient merely discharged from the hospital. Success means that the patient resumes a … surgery. Finally, additional time is required to move you from the operating room to the ICU for recovery. At …
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A Physician Encounters the Great War — WWI Scrapbook of Dr. George W. Norris
… W. Norris (1875-1965), who served in wartime Europe, from May 1917 to December 1918. Dr. Norris's meticulous … with the hope that future generations could learn from his experience. This digital exhibition by the …
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