Videos
Why Patients Lie To Their Doctors
January 2, 2013 4:21 pm | by NBC News | CommentsA survey shows more than half of Americans aren't totally truthful with their doctors, and physicians say even white lies may have consequences. Why does this continue to happen?
Surgery May Not Be Best Weight Loss Fix
January 2, 2013 4:14 pm | by Associated Press | CommentsA London hospital is launching a trial of a new obesity service, which doesn't involve surgery or electronic fat busting treatments. It argues too many people are enduring the traumas of bariatric surgery simply to find it underwhelming.
Discussing The Development Of A Cardiothoracic Surgery Simulator
January 2, 2013 4:03 pm | by TED | CommentsDr. Paul Shridath Ramphal discusses development of tissue-based simulation technologies for use as training aids for surgical residents. He is especially focused on modifying the technology necessary to conduct cardiothoracic surgical procedures to suit local pathology and economic conditions and is particularly interested in discovering ways to reduce the costs associated with cardiothoracic procedures.
Conjoined Twins Separated In Time For The Holidays
January 2, 2013 3:51 pm | by ABC News | CommentsA complex surgery took a team of 40 doctors seven hours to separate the twins. Their mom was 20 weeks into her pregnancy when she learned she was having twins that were connected. Doctors advised Shellie Tucker to terminate the pregnancy, but she refused to do so. Instead, she gave birth to Allison and Amelia in March of this year.
Portable Artificial Heart System Gives Patients Extra Time
January 2, 2013 3:40 pm | by CBS News | CommentsAn experiential portable artificial heart system is giving patients awaiting transplant surgery some extra time with their families around the holidays.
11-Year-Old's 'Baby Bump' Ends Up A Tumor
December 19, 2012 2:56 pm | by NBC News | CommentsAfter several tests came up with nothing, doctors eventually discovered that an 11-year-old Florida girl's extended stomach was the result of a tumor growing inside her body.
Advanced Robotic Surgery: Stage IV Endometriosis
December 19, 2012 2:31 pm | by YouTube | CommentsHere you see advanced robotic surgery for stage-four endometriosis. The 30-year-old patient suffered from severe pelvic pain and has been unsuccessful in her attempts to conceive a child over the course of the past three years.
Robot Reduces Risk Of Serious Hospital Infections
December 19, 2012 2:15 pm | by YouTube | CommentsOne Connecticut hospital is using a high-tech robotic solution to combat the spread of serious bacteria and viruses in its facility. Stamford Hospital is the only one in the state with the latest tool designed to minimize that risk.
Surgery Allows Woman To Control Robotic Arm With Brain
December 19, 2012 2:04 pm | by CBS News | CommentsJan Scheuermann uses a robotic arm, wrist, and hand to feed herself. Scheuermann, a quadriplegic, controlled the arm using a brain-computer interface following surgery to implant electrodes on her brain.
Mom Gets First Triple Organ Transplant In Georgia's History
December 19, 2012 1:45 pm | by YouTube | CommentsFive months ago, 38-year-old Stephanie Lindstrom received a triple organ transplant at Emory University Hospital, the first procedure of its kind in the state of Georgia. Doctors say since 2009, there have been only six reported in the United States.
Laparoscopic Sacral Colpopexy For Pelvic Organ Prolapse
December 13, 2012 9:17 am | by YouTube | CommentsHere is video of a laparoscopic sacral colpopexy performed on a patient dealing with pelvic organ prolapse. The surgery was performed by Dr. Kurian Thott of Women's Health and Surgery Center in the Fredericksburg and Stafford areas of Virginia.
Engineered Tissue Will Lead To Personalized Organ 'Models'
December 12, 2012 5:42 pm | by TED | CommentsTissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible solution to treating illness: Using pluripotent stem cells to make personalized models of organs on which to test new drugs and treatments, and storing them on computer chips for transplants and other therapies.
New Device May Detect Post-Surgical Lymphedema
December 12, 2012 5:23 pm | by CBS News | CommentsA new device may help diagnose lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, before it becomes a more serious problem. Doctors in New York are already putting the device to good use.
New ACL Surgery May Improve Recovery Time
December 12, 2012 5:04 pm | by WTNH | CommentsA bio-engineer from the UConn Health Center has developed another method for ACL surgery that could cut down on recovery time: The complete regeneration of a knee ligament through tissue engineering.
After 28 Surgeries, Toddler Goes Home For First Time
December 12, 2012 4:42 pm | by NBC News | CommentsA 2-year-old Texas girl recently got the opportunity to go home for the holidays after spending her entire life in the hospital. Adalynn Willett was born with both her intestines and liver outside of her body, and she has undergone 28 surgeries over the course of her young life.
