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Conducting pre-op and post-op visits via telemedicine saved patients thousands of driving miles
Swearing may be a coping mechanism for high-pressure situations
Surgeons' groups acknowledge that prophylactic antibiotics may not cut infection risk
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Surgeons' groups acknowledge that prophylactic antibiotics may not cut infection risk
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Hypothesized, but evidence not as clear until now
Reddit posts reference a spinal condition called spondylolisthesis
Nearly identical 5-year outcomes with no surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy
Medical experts discuss possible causes, treatments
Lower rates of mortality and cancer recurrence with mastectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy
No invasive cancer increase at 2 years, but editorialists say data don't back active monitoring
Better disease outcomes, measures of cognition, and quality-of-life vs standard care, study finds
Change comes after widespread outcry
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