Hospital closures disproportionately affect socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, study finds

A new national study reveals that hospitals providing surgical care have closed at a significantly higher rate than new ones ...

Austin doctor turns to subzero temperatures for open heart surgeries

A cardiac nurse who had open heart surgery experienced significantly reduced pain and faster recovery time after her surgeon ...
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Hospital closures disproportionately affect socioeconomically disadvantaged communities

A new national study reveals that hospitals providing surgical care have closed at a significantly higher rate than new ones have opened, with closures disproportionately concentrated in communities ...
Daily Record

'Shameful': Planned closure of GP surgery and dispensary in Renfrewshire village finalised

The planned closure of a GP surgery and dispensary in a Renfrewshire village has been finalised in a move branded "shameful" by a despairing politician. Councillor James MacLaren, a Conservative ...
Daily Record

GP surgery closure edges closer after approval from health and social care chiefs

The closure of a GP surgery and dispensary in a Renfrewshire village is edging closer after it was approved by Inverclyde Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP). Councillor James MacLaren, a ...
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Drake addresses plastic surgery rumors after BBL and ‘fake’ six-pack abs accusations

Drake is addressing trust issues caused by his six-pack abs. “People think you got…[a] procedure done,” podcaster Bobbi Althoff asked the “Passionfruit” rapper on Tuesday’s episode of her new “Not ...
Oxford Mail

Oxfordshire GP surgery announces closure of branch

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...
BMJ

Contemporary outcomes of childhood aortic coarctation interventions: a national registry analysis of mortality, reinterventions and hospital resource use

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...
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Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur Advances Adult Congenital Heart Care with First Minimally Invasive PDA Device Closure

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur (PHKL) marked a significant milestone in cardiovascular care with the successful transcatheter device occlusion of a ...
Frontiers

Short-term outcomes of transcatheter perimembranous ventricular septal defect closure using the konar-multifunctional occluder: the Taiwanese experience

Introduction: Transcatheter device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect (PmVSD) using the Lifetech KONAR-MF ventricular septal defect occluder (MFO) presents a promising and effective ...
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Simple Congenital Heart Diseases Tied to Higher Epilepsy Risk

Epilepsy risk among simple CHD patients is highest for those born with patent foramen ovale, but the risk decreases with closure surgery. HealthDay News — Among simple congenital heart diseases (CHD), ...