Personalized prehabilitation reduces the risk of surgical complications
The weeks leading up to a major surgery can be a time of uncertainty and worry for patients,…
New insights into glioblastoma survival linked to brain fluid dynamics
Glioblastoma-the most aggressive form of brain cancer-remains one of medicine’s biggest challenges. Despite surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, most…
Local anesthetic lidocaine may mitigate pancreatic cancer metastasis
Pinned between the stomach and spine, the pancreas supervises both digestion and blood sugar in the body. It’s also the…
One Twin, 21, Got Colon Cancer, the Other Didn’t. Doctors Don’t Know Why
Brinlee Luster brushed off the exhaustion and stomach cramps as stress. She was finishing college, planning a wedding,…
Researchers identify a protein vital to endothelial wound healing after surgery
Surgeons in the United States perform nearly 600,000 coronary artery stent procedures and bypass surgeries every year. They…
Laparoscopic resection of cecal duplication cyst in a 28 years old male: a rare case report | BMC Surgery
A 28-year-old Caucasian male patient, previously healthy, presented with a one-week history of right lower quadrant (RLQ) pain.…
Nanoparticle vaccine eliminates HPV-induced tumors in animal model
A nanoparticle vaccine designed to fight cancers induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) eradicated tumors in an animal model…
Study advances the possibility of age-based pancreatic cancer treatment
While some risk factors for cancer can be mitigated through lifestyle choices such as diet or exercise, aging…
Type 2 diabetes patients face an elevated risk of hearing loss
As the United States observes American Diabetes Month this November, a comprehensive study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the peer-reviewed…
Uppsala researchers develop Trojan horse approach for medulloblastoma treatment
The malignant pediatric brain tumor medulloblastoma is driven by proteins deep within the cancer cells, for which there…
Machine-preserved kidneys show better function ten years after transplant
A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of…
New method brings hope for personalized treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But…