Date: Fri, 15. August 2008 23:02:04

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Older patients and surgeons don't communicate effectively when discussing surgical treatment options, even though the decision to have surgery can be particularly difficult and confusing for seniors, says an Indiana University School of Medicine study.

Date: Sat, 29. October 2011 07:26:37

More than half a million people in the U.S. undergo heart surgery every year. It has become a common and mostly successful surgery, where surgeons open the chest wall to get to your heart, cutting through the upper part of a patient's breastbone to get there.

Date: Fri, 18. December 2009 04:49:55

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- While physicians and surgeons are getting better at treating heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems, too many Americans are ignoring the basic rules for preventing them, according to new statistics from the American Heart Association.

Date: Thu, 16. February 2012 00:06:11

USA TODAY15-minute-old newborn gets pacemaker for heartUSA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO ? The name Jaya in Hindi means victorious. And little Jaya Maharaj was just that, when she became one of the smallest recipients of a pacemaker when she was just 15 minutes old. Norbert von der Groeben, AP Kamneel Maharaj watches as his ...Stanford surgeons put pacemaker in 15-minute-old premature newborn with heart ...Washington PostSurgeons place pacemaker in 15-minute-old newborn of Indian originNDTVall 211 news articles »

Date: Wed, 17. February 2010 18:15:43

A recent study finds racial disparity between minority patients and whites in New York City. Findings suggests minorities are less likely than white patients to have operations by surgeons or at facilities that have extensive experience in performing similar procedures in the past. - (AHN)

Date: Mon, 29. December 2008 02:12:22

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Date: Thu, 5. August 2010 13:48:05

New research by urologic surgeons finds that a new laser technology used with robotic prostate cancer surgery may reduce risk of sexual dysfunction. The results can possibly save half of men from the risk associated with the damaging of crucial nerves necessary for erections and urinary continence. - (AHN)

Date: Thu, 1. December 2011 17:32:16

Following the approval of the first device for transcathether aortic valve replacement therapy (TAVR) earlier this month, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and The American College of Cardiology (ACC) have announced the launch of the TVT Registry, a joint initiative that will monitor the rollout of the new technology.

Date: Wed, 28. May 2008 08:51:38

*The niece of Kanye West's late mother Donda West has teamed with Calif. Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter to try and pass state legislation that requires plastic surgeons to give patients a physical exam before performing any surgical procedure.

Date: Mon, 27. April 2009 07:37:15

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers find that outcomes of robotic assisted kidney cancer surgery, when performed by experienced surgeons at high volume centers, prove more beneficial to patients when compared to open surgery.