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‘Protect your granddaddy’: Surgeon general urges ‘social distancing’ to shield high-risk people from coronavirus

Surgeon General Jerome Adams stressed the importance of “social distancing” in the battle against the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. At the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House on Saturday, Adams explained how the tactic could help prevent the most at-risk groups, older people and those with underlying conditions,… Read More »

The New Old Age: When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate?

In the fall of 2015, Dr. Herbert Dardik, chief of vascular surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in New Jersey, nodded off in the operating room. Note that Dr. Dardik, then 80, was not performing the operation. He’d undergone a minor medical procedure himself a few days earlier, so he’d told his patient that… Read More »

Best LVAD surgeon: Complete Relief from an Ailing Heart

You will find many different centers and doctors who use different methods for inserting left ventricular assist device; yet, the fundamental concepts stay true for everyone. You will find many different centers and doctors who use different methods for inserting left ventricular assist device; yet, the fundamental concepts stay true for everyone. At present, available… Read More »