#Surgery

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

Personal news. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on December 23. I caught it early, which is a reminder of the need to keep your checkups current, despite the pandemic.

Michael "Mike" Albert, MD

MichaelAlbertMD

1/ ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!We can and should acknowledge that bariatric (metabolic) surgery is a superior intervention for the treatment of obesity. [thread] 2/ Independent metabolic and CV benefits outside of

Monday Morning

paraoddy

The Special Center for the Treatment of Related Cardiovascular Diseases (EKASKAP) has been closed or underperforming since September 2011• It is the only public Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Center in Greece#ΠαιδωνΑγιαΣοφια25#C

Michael Skotnicki

MSkotnicki

1/ Summer 2018, my wife Janet had 2 debilitating strokes, later learned to be caused by advanced ovarian cancer. When released from rehab they wanted to put her in a

Bethan Davies

BethAnDavies28

Tw: eating disorders, weight lossThis is not something I talk about much but feel it is important to bring up with the discourse around obesity and government campaigns today. I

#OperationLegaliseAbortion

onosowobo

1. No matter how beautiful a woman is, this world will tell her she's not enoughSince the 50s, 99% of the women we consider beautiful in Hollywood have had significant

Maya Forstater

MForstater

A post on numbers - In the run up to the Gender Recognition Act in 2003 the government estimated that there were 5,000 transsexuals in the UK, thats 10 in

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/8) THREADDuring the American Civil War, serious attempts were made to reconstruct the faces of soldiers injured in battle. Pictured here is Private Roland Ward, who underwent several operations without

Dr. Shazma Mithani

shazmamithani

Let's talk about hospital capacity in the context of how patients "flow" through the hospital. This should help give you a sense of why the focus on hospital capacity is

The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret

OldOpTheatre

[1/7] We know what you’re thinking … how were strangulated hernias treated in the 19th century?! Well, fear not because we have some answers! A strangulated hernia is a serious

Cassie Alexander, ICU RN

CassieY4

So while part of me wants to believe that no one is this stupid, the former burn nurse/SFF writer in me can't help but want to talk about what an

Fred Wu, MD

FredWuMD

March 26 marks the anniversary of one of the greatest milestones in heart surgery. On this day in 1954, at @UMNews, using cross-circulation on a patient for the very first

Clara S

clarasalehii

Rather than empowering individuals & promoting diversity, the internet reinforces & exponentially promotes unattainable beauty standards that negatively impact one’s identity through self-comparison, as it drives users to consider

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

Routine NHS services under big pressure as COVID hospital admissions rise. We cancelled most surgery in the first wave including many cancer operations. Public, patient groups & doctors arguing strongly

Rhea CocaineKuti Bhatt

RheaMaheshBhatt

Thread: Outsiders are not good enough in Bollywood. Especially the women. The system will make you feel insecure about yourself JUST so the nepo beti can be elevated. The best

Women's Voices

WomenReadWomen

We need to stop calling it 'gender dysphoria.' It's body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Research shows that women & girls overwhelmingly experience BDD. Gender dysphoria is an 'inclusive' term that facilitates

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