Regarding elective surgery, more than half of older adults in a survey study expressed concerns about pain and discomfort, as well as difficulty in recovery. Common concerns included costs, COVID-19 exposure, and time needed to be off work.
"Discover the top elective procedures for older patients, including major joint surgery and eye surgery, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network."
Doctors called out Pentagon officials for being "misleading" to the public after they called Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's prostate cancer surgery elective.
elective surgery, which is like saying c section is elective surgery. sooner or later the baby has to come out unless he wants to slowly wirther from prostate cancer. i don t buy anything that s elective surgery. what kind of administration has to communicate so little that you could let this slip by for two weeks in the middle of multiple hot wars? as michael waltz said in case of nuclear attack, you have 15 minutes to make a decision to answer back. we got iran with nuclear weapons it seems on the cusp. we know that the biggest increase of nuclear weapons in the world is maybe our number one enemy. china. a hot war with russia and ukraine. hypersonic missiles raining in to kyiv and the chief of staff doesn t tell or deputy he is out for days? if this isn t fireable. nothing is dysfunctional white house politics aside than this week. this is your job interview and you are failing, mr. president. and mr. secretary of defense as