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    Across America, primary care physicians are becoming increasingly hard to find. Doctors told NBC News’ Anne Thompson the number of physicians is not growing fast enough to keep up with an aging population.

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    Investigators say bladder-preserving treatment should be offered to all patients, not just poor surgical candidates.

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    In a first-of-its-kind in utero surgery, researchers have successfully repaired a vein of Galen malformation, which often leads to heart failure, severe brain injury, or possibly death soon after birth.

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    • ➡️ In a first-of-its-kind in utero surgery, researchers have successfully repaired a cerebrovascular malformation, which often leads to heart failure, severe brain injury, or possibly death soon after birth. #SurgTwitter https://t.co/u28rwYMJCN

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    Trial results show that elective sigmoid resection offers better quality of life and decreased recurrence compared with conservative treatment for those who experience at least three episodes in 2 years.

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    Maintaining a minimum blood pressure during surgery led to relatively few strokes and cardiac arrests for patients who routinely took medications to control blood pressure.

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    “The question of removing ovaries at the time of benign hysterectomy to prevent ovarian cancer in low-risk women has been widely debated.”

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    The researchers reviewed data from 402 patients who underwent surgeries before the updated ACOG guidelines (2008-2016) and 1389 who underwent surgeries after the guidelines (2017-2020).

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