SHOULD YOU HAVE ROBOTIC SURGERY? PL– USES, MIN– USES
By LINDSEY TANNER In this March 22, 2013 photo, Dr. Pier Giulianotti, chief of minimally invasive and robotic surgery at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in…
Diagnosis and treatment
DRUG MAKER LOSES INDIA PATENT BATTLE
By NIRMALA GEORGE FILE – In this Monday, Jan. 29, 2007 file photo, Indian police officers block demonstrators protesting against drug manufacturer Novartis’ case against Indian government on drug patents…
SAFRICA: MANDELA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO TREATMENT
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA FILE – In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela…
SCIENTISTS FIND NEW GENE MARKERS FOR CANCER RISK
By MALCOLM RITTER Vicki Gilbert sits on stone steps in Wiltshire, England in this undated photo made available by the family on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. In 2010, Gilbert was…
HEART REPAIR BREAKTHROUGHS REPLACE SURGEON’S KNIFE
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE In this Monday, March 11, 2013 photo, Atlanta cardiologist Dr. Spencer King holds a replacement heart valve during a demonstration at an American College of Cardiology conference…
MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY PARTNERS WITH RAPPER
Tony Butler, 28, of Flint, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in his store “The Green Oasis”, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Otisville, Mich. The Michigan medical…
OB/GYNS TOLD ROBOT HYSTERECTOMY NOT BEST OPTION
By LAURAN NEERGAARD FILE – This Friday, June 13, 2008 file photo shows the da Vinci Surgical Robot at a hospital in Pittsburgh. Pricey robotic surgery shouldn’t be the first…