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...days later, the patient, Diana Schlamadinger, a biophysics graduate student at UCSD, was recovering with almost no pain: "I feel kind of like I did too many sit-ups," she said. Schlamadinger said she opted for transvaginal surgery after Dr. Horgan outlined its potential post-operative benefits - and assured her that he had similarly removed 12 gallbladders. That the surgery was experimental was another selling point. "This appealed to the scientist in me," Schlamadinger said. "I was really interested in being a part of something that could help other women in the future not suffer as much...
...addition, many patients still have qualms about such procedures. "Speaking with my wife," says Talamani, "the concept of operating through the vagina, was, well, quite foreign to her. That would be a kind way to put it." Dr. Marc Bessler, director of laparoscopic surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, who is conducting a study on transvaginal gallbladder removal, says knee-jerk discomfort with the idea may be keeping patients away. "I was hoping after doing the first few that patients would come looking for this," he says, but they have been slow to arrive. Bessler has thus far removed three...
...models.The collection holds a significant place among scholars because of the lifelike quality of the renderings. “They are an accurate depiction of species rarely seen by humans with artistic and biological appeal reflected in the beautiful glasswork technique and striking scientific accuracy,” says Dr. Linda S. Ford, Manager of Collections Operations at the MCZ. The models are also more practical than preserved specimens because they maintain their shape long aftert the organic remains would have decayed.The creation of the exhibit involved many hours of meticulous labor in order to restore the creatures and prepare...
...These are very interesting and potentially very, very important findings," says Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer of the American Lung Association. "They put nicotine front and center in smoking-related diseases, including lung cancer...
...Dr. Levine is distressed about the distorted or misrepresented memories from decades past, and questions the motivations,” Mahoney said in a press statement Monday...