HCA Florida Blake Hospital names new CEO
HCA Healthcare West Florida Division includes 15 hospitals, 30 ER locations, 14 ambulatory surgery centers and numerous physician practices.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Devonta Davis Source Type: news

Avoid These Mistakes When Dosing GLP-1 Agonists Avoid These Mistakes When Dosing GLP-1 Agonists
Holly Lofton, MD, an obesity expert at NYU Langone Health, discusses the differences between GLP-1 agonists for weight loss and glycemic control.Medscape Internal Medicine
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Unlicensed New York City acupuncturist charged after patient's lungs collapsed, prosecutors say
Prosecutors have charged a New York City man with performing acupuncture without a license after they say he punctured a woman’s lungs during treatment, sending her to a hospital for emergency surgery
Source: ABC News: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Surgery Approach May Improve Survival in Ovarian Cancer Surgery Approach May Improve Survival in Ovarian Cancer
Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to interval cytoreductive surgery was associated with improved outcomes in women with advanced ovarian cancer, new data show.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Consensus Recommendations and a Decision Tree to Guide NPWT Consensus Recommendations and a Decision Tree to Guide NPWT
Following consensus recommendations and a clinical decision tree could help optimize the utilization of NPWT devices.Wounds
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news

Hull cataract patient brings legal action over vision loss
John Stabler says the pain he felt after routine surgery was like being hit "with a sledgehammer".
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tiny implanted devices give insights for treating brain tumors
A tiny device implanted during brain surgery could help provide personalized information about a tumor ’s potential responses to cancer-fighting drugs.
Source: NIH Research Matters from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Acid reflux pills are linked to worrying side-effects... but is surgery REALLY the answer?
With more people developing acid reflux because of obesity and lack of exercise, there is likely to be a growing clamour for such surgery.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dr. Anil Shah, Board-Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon, Launches Groundbreaking Five Layer Neck Lift
Revolutionary neck lift technique aesthetically improves the look of the neck and jaw lines CHICAGO, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A groundbreaking advance in neck surgery was recently published in Facial Plastic Surgery and Anesthesia Medicine. In this scientific article, Dr. Anil...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SVY Source Type: news

Does Anti-Reflux Surgery Cut Esophageal Cancer Risk? Does Anti-Reflux Surgery Cut Esophageal Cancer Risk?
The risk of esophageal cancer was not decreased but rather increased among patients with Barrett esophagus who underwent anti-reflux surgery compared to medically managed peers in a large study.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - September 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news

Registering cosmetics? The constitution of legal form and injurious substance in Canada (1945-1946) - Tessaro L.
In midcentury Canada, legislative drafters, government lawyers, food and drug officials, and ministers grappled with cosmetics. Faced with constitutional concerns about cosmetic licensing, these actors drafted legislative amendments that would instead requ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

South Africa: Orthopaedic Surgery - What Is Behind SA's Long Waiting Lists?
[spotlight] As of last year, there were 3 449 patients waiting on orthopaedic surgeries in five provinces - Free State, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape, and Limpopo - according to a response from Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla to a parliamentary question. These are the most recent numbers Spotlight could find on waiting times for orthopaedic surgery.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Sustainable Development Source Type: news

Elevated Patient Experience meets Surgical Excellence: PRMA Partners with Methodist Landmark Boutique Hospital to offer their patients a state of the art facility.
PRMA Plastic Surgery is relocating its in-patient surgeries to the new "boutique" style Methodist Landmark Hospital in San Antonio, effective this fall. The advanced hospital offers 54 inpatient beds, cutting-edge surgical facilities, and specially designed patient rooms for enhanced...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news

Windows Installed in Skulls Help Doctors Study Damaged Brains
Some neurosurgeons are testing an acrylic prosthesis that lets them peer into patients ’ heads with ultrasound.
Source: NYT Health - September 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gina Kolata Tags: Skull (Body Part) Prostheses Brain Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms Surgery and Surgeons Brain Cancer Hydrocephalus Therapy and Rehabilitation Marr, Tucker Hager, Jared Source Type: news

WHO health supplies arrive in Libya as part of intensified response to devastating floods
WHO supplies arrived in Libya in response to the devastating floods 16 September 2023, Tripoli, Libya – Today, 29 metric tonnes of health supplies arrived in Benghazi, Libya, from the WHO Global Logistics Hub in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With enough supplies to reach almost 250,000 people with health aid, the shipment reflects an intensified emergency response to the unprecedented flooding in eastern Libya in the aftermath of Storm Daniel. The supplies include essential medicines, trauma and emergency surgery supplies, and medical equipment. There are also body bags for the safe and dignified movement and burial of t...
Source: WHO EMRO News - September 16, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news

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