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Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh shows silicone breast implants with rough (left) and smooth surfaces. Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Six-year effort includes researchers…
Animation of a person waking up from anesthesia. Credit: Jacob Dwyer, Michigan Medicine Innovative experiment demonstrates the resilience of the healthy human brain despite deep…
Richard Whitlock, professor of surgery at McMaster University, performing heart surgery. Credit: Hamilton Health Sciences Removing left atrial appendage cuts the risk of strokes by…
There is no long-term benefit to surgically placing tympanostomy tubes in a young child’s ears to reduce the rate of recurrent ear infections during the…
Scanning electron microscope image of the cross-section of TGS suture. Credit: Zhenwei Ma, McGill University Sutures are used to close wounds and speed up the…
Images in 69-year-old man with biopsy-confirmed Gleason score 7 (3+4) prostate cancer. (a) Pretreatment axial T2-weighted fast spin-echo MRI scan (repetition time msec/echo time msec,…
Accidental awareness occurs when a patient is temporarily conscious during a general anesthetic and can remember things that happened during surgery, perhaps feeling pain or…
Scientists take a step towards expanding the use of magnetic fluids in medicine and technology. Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers discovered…
While the authors suspect that surgeons may be more distracted on their birthdays than other days, they said more research is needed to explain the…
A 3D bioprinted heart model developed by Adam Feinberg and his team. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adam Feinberg…
“This is like a painless Band-Aid for internal organs,” says Xuanhe Zhao, professor of mechanical engineering and of civil and environmental engineering at MIT. “You…
Approximately one third of the 3.8 million female breast cancer survivors in the US today have undergone mastectomy, and as many as three quarters of…
Over 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — leading to patients facing a lengthy…
New analysis shows significant reduction in the number of deceased donor transplants performed in France and the United States. France and the United States, two…
The day before surgery, the treating anesthesiologist spent time on the virtual reality simulator familiarizing himself with the patient’s airway anatomy. Credit: European Society of…
A combination of two commonly available drugs may help the body heal spinal fractures. Drug Cocktail Holds Promise for Spinal Injuries Scientists have discovered a…
New study may help to improve the results of cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery. What makes the female breast attractive? The answer is subjective, of…
University of Waterloo researcher Parsin Haji Reza works in his lab. Credit: University of Waterloo ‘This is the future, a huge step towards our ultimate…