Elective surgery - Cardiac risk factors

Elective surgery: giving it a vote of no confidence - Elective surgery is any procedure that is subject to choice, as opposed to urgent or emergency surgery that must be performed straightaway. You can de...

Prostate surgery - Radical prostatectomy to remove the entire prostate - the walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum, between the bladder and the penis - is th...

Elective surgery beta-blocker shocker - A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over...

Joint replacement: hidden blood loss - Blood loss during hip- or knee-replacement surgery is far greater than appreciated, according to a UK study. The researchers found that as much as hal...

Prostate surgery spreads cancer - Radical surgery to treat prostate cancer only succeeds in spreading the condition, new research has discovered. ...

Surgery - prostate surgery - Tests for prostate cancer - Doctors routinely diagnose prostate cancer by measuring the amount of prostate specific antigen PSA a protein produced by the prostate gland in th...

Medicine tainted by drug company inducements - The American Heart Association (AHA) accepted an $11 million donation from a drug company that produces a thrombolytic - a drug that breaks down blood...