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Apixaban Use in Obese Patients Apixaban Use in Obese Patients
This review summarizes available data on the benefits and risks of apixaban in obese patients. Is dose adjustment necessary in these patients?American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - November 21, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Latest Study Compares Major Pleural Mesothelioma Surgeries
Mesothelioma patients may benefit more from aggressive extrapleural pneumonectomy surgery than from the lung-sparing pleurectomy and decortication currently being recommended as an alternative by many specialists today. According to the most recent study from Italy, extrapleural pneumonectomy, or EPP, allowed mesothelioma patients diagnosed with high symptom burden to live a longer, better-quality life than with the more popular pleurectomy and decortication surgery, also known as P/D. Journal of Clinical Medicine published the latest report on Oct. 29, authored by thoracic oncology specialists at Tor Vergata Univers...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 15, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Clinical Trials/Research/Emerging Treatments Surgical procedures Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Survivorship after surgery for lung cancer
More than 200,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute. A new lung cancer diagnosis can be scary and confusing, but having a support system can help. "Probably the best advice I give patients with lung cancer is to build your village of support around you," says Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a Mayo Clinic thoracic surgeon. "Always see if you can have somebody come with… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 15, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Congress Resumes Asbestos Ban Efforts After ProPublica Report
This report confirms our worst fears. Workers dealing with asbestos are often left vulnerable to this deadly, dangerous substance.” Merkley and U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, also of Oregon, are co-sponsoring the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2022, which would ban any importation or use of asbestos. It is the most comprehensive asbestos ban legislation to come before Congress in more than 30 years. All previous legislative attempts have failed to advance. Ban Asbestos Now Act Gains Co-Sponsors This latest bill was filed in May and had one Senate committee hearing in June before it was shelved. Since the pu...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 7, 2022 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Asbestos Exposure Mesothelioma Source Type: news

Definitive Answer on Steroids for Infant Heart Surgery Falls Short
(MedPage Today) -- Babies given perioperative methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation from cardiopulmonary bypass didn't do better overall in a randomized trial nestled within a registry, although secondary outcomes and a Bayesian win ratio analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 6, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

What to Know About Diabetes and the Risk of Silent Heart Attacks
At first it seemed like a routine call—something the paramedics had dealt with countless times before. A man in his mid-50s was having a heart attack, and his physician had called for emergency support. But when the paramedics arrived, the physician pulled them aside and told them something peculiar: the man had no cardiovascular symptoms whatsoever. The man had come to his doctor’s office because he’d woken early the previous morning sweating and with a sharp pain in his left wrist. These symptoms had quickly subsided and he’d gone back to sleep. Later, after going about his day, he’d visited...
Source: TIME: Health - November 4, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate heart health Source Type: news

Janssen to Highlight Latest Scientific Advances in Hematologic Diseases at ASH 2022 with Clinical and Real-World Data Across Innovative Pipeline and Distinguished Portfolio
RARITAN, N.J., November 3, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson are committed to redefining treatment outcomes in the hematology setting and today announced that abstracts from more than 50 company-sponsored studies, plus more than 20 investigator-initiated studies, will be presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in New Orleans from December 10-13, 2022. Janssen’s commitment to advancing an innovative portfolio of therapies for healthcare professionals and patients is evidenced through more than 70 presentations that span clinical studies and r...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 3, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery Lowers Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events Bariatric Surgery Lowers Risk of Major Cardiovascular Events
Bariatric surgery may be associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular events. Are these benefits dependent upon the type of bariatric procedure?Annals of Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news

Oct 28 2022 This Week in Cardiology Oct 28 2022 This Week in Cardiology
ERASE AF follow-up, recreational drugs and AF, etripamil, misuse of science, and diabetes as a cardiovascular risk factor are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week ' s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - October 28, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news

Plant Omega-3s in HF; Gaming Heart Surgery Metrics; Interventional Cardiology Match?
(MedPage Today) -- Heart failure patients eating more plant-based omega-3 fatty acids had better clinical outcomes. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology) Serial high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurements were telling of cardiovascular... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices
(MedPage Today) -- NEW ORLEANS -- As more medically complex patients are caught in the migration of surgeries to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), these freestanding facilities face rising pressure to take people with cardiac implantable electronic... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Allegheny Health Network to expand at Wexford Hospital
Adding a thoracic surgery program to the year-old hospital. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - October 18, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news

Which Side Are the Organs On?
Discussion Although externally vertebrates present with bilateral symmetry, this is not necessarily true internally for humans. Humans have a normal left-right asymmetry of their internal organs. For example, the right lung has 3 lobes and is slightly larger than the left lung with 2 lobes. The normal asymmetry is called situs solitus (SS). Complete reversal of the normal abdominal and thoracic organ positions is called situs inversus totalis (SIT). Variations on the laterality between situs solitus and SIT has been referred to by different names including situs ambiguous or heterotaxy. For this case, the term situs ambigu...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 17, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery in NAFLD Tied to Lower Heart Disease Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Bariatric surgery was associated with a significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with nonsurgical care in patients with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a large retrospective... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - October 7, 2022 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

New consequences for bad workplace behaviour coming to Nova Scotia Health
The head of surgery for Nova Scotia Health’s central zone says new consequences for unprofessional behaviour should help prevent issues from escalating and confront conduct that’s plagued the cardiovascular surgery division for more than a decade. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news