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Robotic Surgery for Weight Loss: Greater Precision, Control and Clarity

… take this approach in patients with significant adhesions from prior surgeries—but that’s a very small percentage of …

Last Modified: 08/07/2024 - 12:02

Coping with Cancer and How CBT Can Help

… diagnosis in their own way, but integrating guidance from mental health experts into a comprehensive approach to …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:01

New Help for Children with Congenital Heart Disease in New Jersey

… with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Leading surgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital …

Last Modified: 07/07/2025 - 16:08

Stories of Hope: Regina Haimer

… care given in the hospital by the team. Upon my discharge from the hospital, my surgeon said that the results of the …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:09

Immunosuppression and Organ Rejection

… your health. It recognizes and attacks anything different from the substances normally present in your body, even those …

Last Modified: 08/11/2025 - 14:17

Reduce Your Colorectal Cancer Risk through Lifestyle Modification

… ground turkey, fish, eggs, beans, and tofu. Refraining from Alcohol The American Institute for Cancer Research …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 18:00

A New Way to Think About Carbs, Weight, and Obesity

… grains and starches. Recommended daily servings? Anywhere from 6 to 11. “The recommendations of the original food … today. Obesity prevalence in the United States has risen from 30.5 percent in 1999 to 42.4 percent in 2018 , and severe obesity has increased from 4.7 percent to 9.2 percent in the same period. “The …

Last Modified: 06/24/2024 - 11:32

Global Surgery and Gender Equity Take the Spotlight at the First Pan-African Surgical Congress

… surgeon Naikhoba Munabi, MD, MPH , recently returned from the inaugural Pan-African Surgical Congress in Kigali, … in surgical care, she joined pioneering women surgeons from across the continent to discuss challenges, progress, … held in Kigali. There were over 700 or 800 people there from all over Africa and the world. It was a great …

Last Modified: 05/19/2025 - 17:34

Is Childhood Obesity Linked to Pancreatic Cancer?

… Preventing early obesity could reduce deaths from pancreatic cancer. A new study by Jeanine Genkinger, … one’s risk for developing pancreatic cancer and of dying from it. The study, Central adiposity, obesity during early … to determine whether the dramatic rise in deaths from pancreatic cancer since 2000 may be linked to the …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:10

NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital

… Specialists practicing at Hudson Valley Hospital come from Columbia University. If you need advanced care, surgery … through virtual visits , so you can see your doctor from the comfort of your own home. You’ll receive the same quality care you’ve come to expect from an in-person visit, without having to come into the …

Last Modified: 02/19/2023 - 13:13

What We’re Reading: 08/30/24

… A couple of highlights from around the web that made it into our feeds recently. What Can We Learn from Menstrual Blood? Menstrual blood is finally being … non-invasive technologies might offer for future care. (From newyorker.com) It Eats Plastic. You Eat It. An …

Last Modified: 08/30/2024 - 16:25

Recent Questions About the Usefulness of Mammography

… who found that mammography did not reduce death rates from breast cancer and may even have harmed some women by … important to keep in mind that the study is based on data from mammographic screening performed 30 years ago. At that … was the standard of care. Unfortunately, the results from the study shed no light on the benefit of screening with …

Last Modified: 02/23/2023 - 17:59

Columbia Surgery Researchers Find Link Between Serotonin and Heart Valve Disease

… of the multicenter study, which was supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and co-led … closes tightly when the heart contracts to prevent blood from leaking back into the left atrium. In DMR, the shape of … the mitral valve becomes distorted, preventing the valve from closing completely. This allows blood to leak back …

Last Modified: 02/28/2023 - 10:02

Courage to Share: The Importance of Publishing Adverse Surgical Outcomes

… reporting negative experiences, which we can all learn from and improve on. Bravo.” What a great article on adverse … reporting negative experiences which we can all learn from and improve on. Bravo ⁦ @ColumbiaSurgery ⁩ ! … it's incredibly important. It seems like the study breaks from tradition by sharing real-world challenges. Were there …

Last Modified: 01/30/2025 - 15:13