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Study Reveals Friday Surgeries Linked To 12% Higher Death Risk Than Early Week Operations

Study Reveals Friday Surgeries Linked To 12% Higher Death Risk Than Early Week Operations

By: Darwin Cabrera, Journalist
Recent finding published in JAMA open have drawn attention to a significant concern regarding surgical practices. A new study shows that people who have surgery just before the weekend are at a higher risk of problems like complications, needing to be remitted to the hospital, or even dying, compared to patients who have surgery after the weekends.
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Don’t Have A Surgery On Friday

By: Peyton Farahi, Journalist
A new study learned something unexpected about the timing of when people have surgery. As it turns out, if you have surgery just before the weekend, you might have more problems afterward than if you had it done after the weekend.
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How is Artificial Intelligence Used in Medicine?

By: Valerie Lai, Reporter

For many people, artificial intelligence is all about human-like robots, cars, robotic pets, or ocean and space exploration. But have you thought about artificial intelligence in medicine? Artificial...

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