In an advance for precision oncology, the largest published study to date on molecular residual disease (MRD) detection in stage 3 colon cancer has demonstrated the prognostic capabilities of Guardant ...

Frailty is a good indicator for which surgery patients may develop adverse outcomes following their procedure, but current frailty screenings are underutilized. Researchers at Baylor College of ...

Identifying an older patient who is at risk for post-operative cognitive dysfunction might be done in the blink of an eye—literally. Researchers at Duke Health found that a simple EEG measurement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A genetic biomarker test was able to predict patients’ semaglutide treatment response after bariatric surgery.

There were breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease and sleep apnea. From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, 2025 has been a year full ...

The Clinical Frailty Scale assessment can be performed in less than a minute and indicates likelihood of post-surgical mortality and loss of independence. Prior to vascular surgery, an easy nine-point ...

Marathon surgery can be dangerous enough without the threat of blood clots forming in the patient. To counter that, surgeons administer blood thinning drugs throughout a procedure, but knowing when to ...

About 2 million adults worldwide undergo heart surgery each year, and checking blood levels of a certain protein could help assess their risk of death within 30 days, a new study shows. Blood tests to ...