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A new study shows that omitting aspirin from an anti-clotting regimen can improve outcomes for people living with a heart pump by reducing hospitalizations without increasing the risk of blood clots.
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A minimally invasive procedure for fixing diseased aortic valves is just as safe and durable as traditional surgery after five years, a new study reports.
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The breast imaging and surgical breast care programs are collecting items to create care packages for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
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Adult scoliosis is common but doesn't always need treatment.
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Latest News
- May 27, 2014
Surgeons at P&S are the first in the U.S. to report a fully laparoscopic hepatectomy—removal of a portion of the liver—from a living adult donor for adult and teenage recipients.
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- April 24, 2014
Columbia has contributed in significant ways to the history of organ transplantation.
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- April 18, 2014
New bone marrow transplant unit specializes in cutting-edge treatments for blood cancers and autoimmune diseases.
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- April 11, 2014
12 facts about becoming an organ donor, from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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- February 20, 2014
The American Medical Association has honored P&S student Gregory Joice for his research.
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- February 18, 2014
Dr. Arnold P. Advincula has been named vice chair of women's health in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at CUMC and chief of gynecology at the Sloane Hospital for Women at NYP.
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- January 24, 2014
To combat the rise of obesity in teens, physicians and other medical professionals have been promoting physical education and healthier diets for children. But for some teens, these are not enough.
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- January 24, 2014
In honor of National Healthy Weight Week, we spoke with Dr. Judith Korner, Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC, about how to determine if you are at a healthy weight and, if you're overweight, what to do to get healthy.
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- November 1, 2013
Inspired by this year's New York City Marathon to take on a big race? Make sure you know how to train properly to avoid injury.
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- October 16, 2013
New findings suggest that narrow-spectrum UV light could dramatically reduce surgical infections – which remain a serious and stubborn problem, killing up to 8,200 patients a year in the U.S. – without damaging human tissue
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