Category: Surgery
If you have diabetes, your lifetime risk of developing a foot ulcer is 15% or more, and about a quarter of diabetic foot ulcers fail to heal and eventually require amputation.
Aggressive surgical approach no better than rehab-oriented path for recovery from knee injuries involving anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, study finds.
University of Washington researchers William Kreuter and Dr. Jeffrey Jarvik were co-authors of the JAMA paper.
The Northwest Film Forum on Capitol Hill will be showing an extraordinary documentary this Friday, Saturday and Sunday: The English Surgeon. The film follows Henry Marsh, a British neurosurgeon, who since the 1990s has been traveling to Kiev to train local doctors and to operate on patients who have nowhere else to turn. More than [...]
Should you go overseas for medical care? Thousands of Americans now go abroad for medical care. The price is right: well-regarded hospitals in India, for example, can charge 60 percent to 90 percent less than a U.S. facility for the same service. Most Americans go overseas for cosmetic surgery like facelifts and liposuction but an [...]
While there has been great progress in the fight against many common cancers, progress against brain cancers, some of the deadliest cancers known, has been agonizingly slow. Over the past 25 years, for example, only three new drug have been approved for the treatment of brain cancers, and survival rates remain essentially the same as [...]
Study found that formal swimming lessons can reduce a young child’s risk of drowning by 88 percent.
Using a simple checklist to make sure operating teams completed important safety tasks before, during and after operating, reduced surgical deaths and serious post-operative complications by roughly one third.
Fighting hunger and obesity at the same time The Obama administration intends to use federal food assistance programs to improve the nutrition of the poor, the Washington Post reports. Obesity is a growing health problem with one in four Americans now being dangerously overweight and one in three children being either overweight or obese. Research, [...]
Health-care reform should help individuals live healthier lives U.S. health-care reform should support social-marketing campaigns to combat obesity and promote preventive care, writes Greg Vigdor, president and CEO of the Washington Health Foundation, in an op-ed article in the Seattle Times. Vigdor cites a recent report by the United Health Foundation finding that while Washington [...]
WHAT: This free support group is open to all patients who have had gastric bypass surgery at Virginia Mason. We will cover information on healthy eating and exercise and special topics. Patients interested in gastric bypass that have not yet had surgery are welcome, but be reminded that this group is meant to primarily support [...]
Topic: Joint Replacement: The Right Choice for You? Where: Swedish Medical Center First Hill Campus 747 Broadway Seattle, WA 98122 Map & Directions: http://www.swedish.org/blank.cfm?id=201 When: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Americas) Pacific Time (US & Canada) Registration is required. To register please call:206-386-2502 or register online at www.swedish.org/classes
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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