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Transplanted pig hearts functioned normally in deceased persons on ventilator support
The experimental procedure could enable future widespread use of xenotransplantation to treat end-stage heart failure.
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Select patients with breast cancer may skip RT after lumpectomy
There is “clearly a population of early-stage breast cancer [patients] who after lumpectomy do not benefit from radiation.”
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Gender surgeons on TikTok, Instagram: Appropriate or not?
“Creating an idealized video without addressing risk is inappropriate and misleading.”
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Doc releases song after racist massacre in Buffalo
Cardiologist-musician Cleveland Francis wrote and recorded a song to honor the victims as “a plea to the other side to recognize us as people.”
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Heart attack care not equal for women and people of color
Over time, even with improvements across the board in care, women and people of color wait longer for treatment of myocardial infarction than...
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Early cardiac rehab as effective as later start after sternotomy
Cardiac rehabilitation can start 2 weeks after sternotomy rather than waiting the usual 6 weeks, a randomized noninferiority trial suggests.
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More reflux after sleeve gastrectomy vs. gastric bypass at 10 years
Importantly, the cumulative incidence of Barrett’s esophagus was similar after both procedures and markedly lower than reported in previous trials...
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LGBTQ students would get new protections under Biden plan
The update would ensure that government-funded schools make proper accommodations for a trans student population, such as allowing students to use...
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Pig-heart transplant case published with new details, insights
For example, heart injury at autopsy didn’t resemble standard graft rejection in humans or other primates, researchers said, nor did viral...
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Combo of excision, cryosurgery found to benefit keloid scar outcomes
Intramarginal excision (shaving) of a keloid scar followed by an immediate single session of contact cryosurgery was associated with significantly...