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Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications
December 22, 2019
Cleveland Clinic Develops Calculator To Estimate 10-Year Risk of Diabetes Complications
Patients struggling with type 2 diabetes and obesity are faced with the decision of whether to receive usual medical care or undergo weight-loss surgery. Now, a new risk calculator developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers can show these patients their risks of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of treatment they choose...
December 12, 2019
Cleveland Clinic First in the World to Perform Robotic Single-Port Kidney Transplant
Cleveland Clinic is the first hospital in the world to successfully perform a robotic single-port kidney transplant, which enables all surgical instruments and the donor kidney to be placed through one small abdominal incision...
November 25, 2019
Cleveland Clinic Florida Lecture Draws Double Expected Crowd
It was double the expected crowd, standing room only, when Cleveland Clinic Florida partnered with local experts to present its first in a series of lectures on medical issues impacting Bahamians. The initial topic – prevalence of breast cancer in Bahamian women...
Victims of Brain Injury Now Given a Voice
November 20, 2019
Victims of Brain Injury Now Given a Voice
Don’t text and drive, don’t drink & drive, wear a helmet, control your hypertension and stress, may all seem like such cliché directives. Directives, often ignored until there is a collision or sudden rupture in the brain and instantly these cliché statements unfortunately become; if only he or she had or had not...
Speaker attacks media
October 30, 2019
Speaker attacks media
Halson Moultrie.House Speaker Halson Moultrie yesterday delivered a scathing rebuke of Bahamian media, declaring they engage in yellow journalism and disregard the rules of Parliament...
39Get a mammogram - it might just save your life39
October 18, 2019
39Get a mammogram - it might just save your life39
WITH high rates of breast cancer in the country, a local surgeon is urging Bahamian women to get routine mammograms.In support of breast cancer awareness month, Cleveland Clinic, Florida, hosted its first symposium on Wednesday to address the high pr
New hope for the diabetic foot
October 15, 2019
New hope for the diabetic foot
Dr. Daniel Johnson, consultant podiatric surgeon in public health and consultant at the Foot and Ankle Institute, looks at a patient's foot during a recent training of medical staff and nurses around the country to assist in helping to stave off the increase in diabetic-related amputations in The Bahamas as a part of the Fix My Feet campaign. DR. DANIEL JOHNSONMore than one million diabetics world...
39Once in a lifetime39 1.2m gift to hospital
October 10, 2019
39Once in a lifetime39 1.2m gift to hospital
A significant donation of medical equipment valued at $1.2m was made to Princess Margaret Hospital's Division of Orthopedics. Called a once-in-a-lifetime gift by Dr Dane Bowe, consultant orthopaedic and arthroplasty surgeon at PMH, the donation come
October 09, 2019
Donation worth $1.2 million to PMH Orthopedic Division
A significant donation of medical equipment valued at $1.2 million dollars was made to the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Division of Orthopedics. Called a once in a lifetime gift by Dr. Dane Bowe, Consultant Orthopaedic & Arthroplasty Surgeon at PMH, the donation comes in response to Hurricane Dorian and the range of injuries treated in the wake of the storm’s passage...
September 25, 2019
Weight-Loss Surgery Associates with 40% Reduction in Risk of Death and Heart Complications in Patients with Diabetes and Obesity, Study Shows
A recent Cleveland Clinic study shows that weight-loss surgery performed in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity is associated with a lower risk of death and major adverse cardiovascular events than usual medical care. These patients also lost more weight, had better diabetes control, and used fewer medications for treatment of their diabetes and cardiovascular disease...
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