Ivanhoe's First to Know for 3/24/2017

March 24, 2017

Cataract Surgery 2.0 ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — As many as three and a half million Americans will have cataract surgery this year. Most of the time, surgery fixes the problem, but for three percent of the patients there is a surgical side effect that does not go away on its own. For those patients, eye surgeons at Washington University in St. Louis have devised a cutting-edge way to restore clear vision. Continue » Aspire for Weight Loss (2nd week) ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Two-hundred thousand Americans undergo weight loss surgery every year, choosing methods like gastric bypass, banding, or surgical balloons to shrink the stomach and decrease food intake. Now, doctors have another option for patients, when diet and exercise are not enough. Continue » Fatty Liver on the Rise (2nd week) SAN ANTONIO, Texas. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — It’s a condition that most Americans have never heard of and now experts say as many as one in three of us may be at risk. Fatty liver disease is on the rise. Here’s more on the condition and the continued search for an effective treatment for this gradual killer. Continue » The Nurse Who Paints Her Patients (2nd week) SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — She was called to help people more than 20 years ago when she became a nurse. She soon discovered there was more she could do for her patients than care for them at their beds. She is the nurse who protects and paints her patients. Continue » Immunotherapy Attacks Brain Cancer SUMMIT, N.J. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — As many as 78,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a brain tumor this year.  If those tumors return after surgery, immunotherapy may be an option. It’s a treatment that revs up the body’s immune response to fight the cancer. Continue » Give the gift of health news! Click here to sign up your friends and loved ones for the  First to Know Newsletter!   Smart Living for this week: Downsides of Buying A Second Home​ Foods To Lower Stress Car Shopping Advice   Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week   The Doctors Are In: One Stop Shop for Mental Health and Primary Care - In-Depth Doctor Interview   Quote of the week: “Everything you’ve learned in school as “obvious” becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.”  — R. Buckminster Fuller   Website Information: webdoctor@ivanhoe.com Content Licensing: jcherry@ivanhoe.com