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Researchers look for an association between gut bacteria, changes to the immune system, and successful heart transplant surgery in mice. It seems that the buzzword...

Researchers compared post-operative weight gain in patients who had undergone liver transplant alone with those who had a weight loss surgery at the same...

Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Sobolev and colleagues assess mortality and provide timing guidelines for hip fracture surgery.   Hip fractures are extremely common...

In a recent study in Belgium, researchers examined the breast milk composition of females who had undergone bariatric surgery and the effect of maternal...

A study recently published in the BMJ explores the efficacy of shoulder surgery as a treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome. Shoulder impingement syndrome is a...

Heart surgery is an effective treatment for patients with severe heart disease, but can sometimes result in long-term illness or even death. Relatively simple...

Researchers from Korea compared the need for surgery in patients who had received acupuncture for lower back pain with those that had not. Up to...

A surgical team from Utrecht, Netherlands recently tested a new endoscopic nerve decompression surgery on those with chronic headache symptoms. A chronic headache can be...