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Alleviate Surgical Anxiety with Your Smartphone
… Let's be honest — most of us do not look forward to surgery. While we … the mystery and ease their anxiety before surgery. One app is TouchSurgery , available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and … confidence. A calm patient's mental state before surgery is thought to help contribute to improved outcomes and …
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How Do You Know When Abdominal Pain Is Appendicitis?
… will get appendicitis in their lifetimes. Laparoscopy is the surgical method of choice, which involves making small … scarring, pain, and improve recovery. Appendicitis most commonly occurs in teens and young adults but can … How Do You Know When Abdominal Pain Is Appendicitis? …
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Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Surgery Program at Columbia
… inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), managing their symptoms is essential to their health and well-being. At our Pediatric … in the northeast. We have been treating children with the most urgent surgical needs for decades. Multidisciplinary … together to coordinate your child's care. Care for the Most Complex Cares These conditions are often difficult to …
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Five Reasons NOT to Get a Colonoscopy
… a crucial opportunity to prevent colorectal cancer, which is highly treatable if detected early. You know how it is. … develop colorectal cancer each year, making it the third most common cancer-related cause of death in the U.S. 85% of … treated. You may wonder, if colorectal cancer is the most preventable cancer, then why is it the third leading …
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Xenotransplantation, a Quest to Solve the Pediatric Donor Heart Crisis
… to patient care, especially for those facing the most complex conditions. One such challenge lies in improving … using donor hearts from genetically modified pigs. This is more than just a novelty. There is a massive clinical need … in xenotransplantation as we strive to improve our most vulnerable patients’ lives and trajectories. There’s …
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Weight Loss Surgery Programs and Services
… surgeries done elsewhere. Conditions We Treat Obesity is a contributing factor to many severe health conditions … of specialists to determine whether weight-loss surgery is appropriate for them. Call (212) 342-8585 for … complete our online appointment request form . We accept most major insurance plans and can verify your plan when you …
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Global Surgery and Gender Equity Take the Spotlight at the First Pan-African Surgical Congress
… in gender equity within that context? Global surgery is a newer field—it really only emerged about 10 years ago. … labor pool in many low-resource settings is women. Most people not currently contributing to the economic … stood out or challenged you? One of the questions that was most surprising—and perhaps challenging—was: Who gets to …
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Sarcoma
… A sarcoma is a form of cancer within the connective tissues in the … 100 different subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma, with the most common subtypes being: Liposarcoma: tumor of fat tissue … the body’s connective tissue is in the arms and legs, the most common location of a sarcoma is in a limb; About half of …
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Dr. AI: What Is the Best Way to Treat Hemorrhoids?
… colorectal surgeon Debbie Bakes, MD , asks one of the most common questions she gets from patients: What is the best way to treat hemorrhoids? On a scale of one to … Dr. AI: What Is the Best Way to Treat Hemorrhoids? …
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Thin Bones on Thin Ice: What to know about Osteoporosis this winter (and beyond)
… people, the risk of slipping on ice and breaking a bone is one that everyone should consider. This discussion with Columbia’s Dr. Ethel Siris explains some of the most important aspects of life-long bone health, including … what does that refer to? What kinds of falls are you most worried about? I'm not really talking about fingers or …
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Starting Life with Gastroschisis, Ethan Was Born to Be Brave
… organs were protruding out,” she explains. The condition is called gastroschisis, a birth defect that causes the … out,’” says Jeanine. “So I was like, okay, I guess this is happening.” Jeanine was admitted that night. Doctors … area in the hospital room.” She washed her clothes on-site, took showers on the children’s floor, and stayed …
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Waiting for a Kidney Transplant? Your chances for transplant could soon improve.
… donor organs to patients waiting for transplantation, is proposing a new system to determine how kidneys are … across the country. The national centers often treat the most ill patients who are in the greatest need of a … will reach the patients in those centers who need it most. With each passing hour, its functionality decreases. …
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From Pig to Patient: How Columbia Researchers Are Bringing Xenotransplantation Closer to Reality
… are paving the way for this once-unthinkable future. What is xenotransplantation—and why is it important? The basic … xenotransplantation is to use organs from another species—most often pigs—to transplant into humans. It’s a solution to … a challenge as complex as xenotransplantation. What’s most exciting to you right now? For me, it’s the idea that …
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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccines
… apologies right up front, because the end of this story is not quite finished. This is a story about pancreatic … heroes wear lab coats. They are not afraid to take on the most difficult challenges, and they simply will not give up. … is pancreatic cancer. Of all types of cancer it is the most deadly, with less than 6% of patients surviving after …
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Living Drugs and Rewriting Immunity: A Conversation with CAR T-Cell Pioneer Michel Sadelain
… Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD , is widely regarded as one of the founding architects of CAR … tasks, and what types of cells are being reprogrammed? The most advanced aspect of this field is based on the genetic … to fighting cancer, and sometimes they prevail, although most of the time they lose the battle, which is why so many …
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