Stanford's Medicine X is a catalyst for new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. This new series, called The Engaged Patient, provides a …
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“Prehab” routines before cancer surgery help patients bounce back faster
If you’ve ever had surgery, especially an orthopedic one, you’ve probably had rehabilitation therapy. In recent years, orthopedic surgery plans have begun to include a …
Discovery may help predict how many days it will take for individual surgery patients to bounce back
Post-surgery recovery rates, even from identical procedures, vary widely from patient to patient. Some feel better in a week. Others take a month to get …
Catherine Mohr on the economic logic of robotic surgery
Say you're going in for a radical prostatectomy, and you're asked to choose between a traditional procedure or one performed with the help of a …
The cruelty of fraudulent stem cell therapy
Unethical companies are finding desperate patients who are willing to pay big money for unproven stem cell "treatments." This may harm not only patients, but stem cell research itself.
Unethical companies are finding desperate patients who are willing to pay big money for unproven stem cell "treatments." This may harm not only patients, but stem cell research itself.