Surgery
Cancer
Heart Health: Breast Cancer Patients Now Have Options
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, the news is better than before. Improved detection and treatment have resulted in better five-year survival rates — 91 percent among white women and 78 percent among black…
Surgery
Clogged Arteries Put Your Legs at Risk, Too
Clogged arteries can occur in any major blood vessel. While many of us think about the risk to our hearts (heart attack) or brains (stroke), we should be aware that…
Brain & Spine
DBS: New Relief for Epilepsy Patients?
Recently, a team at the University of Miami Health System performed Florida’s second deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery for a patient with epilepsy who had not responded to other treatments.…