The nearly 1,065-pound whale is currently recovering in a medical habitat at the aquarium, but an expert says she's not yet ...

A 51-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of weight loss, diarrhea, and fever. Transthoracic echocardiography showed vegetations on the aortic and mitral valves. A duodenal biopsy showed ...

GEORGE HOYT WHIPPLE GEORGE RICHARDS MINOT WILLIAM PARRY MURPHY Last week these three names were the most resounding in World Medicine. Their owners, U. S. doctors all, had just been jointly awarded ...

Nicholas Whipple, MD, MPH, received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, MS. After completing his pediatric residency at the University of Utah and ...

Dr Cameron led a revolution in the Whipple procedure in the 1980s, reducing postoperative mortality from about 20%, down to about 1%. This was achieved by adhering to gentle and precise surgical ...

The Whipple procedure was originally developed by Dr. Allen Whipple in the 1930s.The surgery was abandoned for many years due to high complication rates. But it has returned to favor in recent ...

The broad-spectrum antibiotic piperacillin-tazobactam used as perioperative prophylaxis significantly reduced surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing open pancreatoduodenectomy (PD, or ...

In his 32 years as dean, Dr. Whipple made it one of the top U.S. schools, competing with Harvard, Cornell and his own Hopkins. Unlike most administrators, Dr. Whippie never gave up research.

And Dr. Reddy's plan was a major reason why he chose Fox Chase over other local cancer centers. Chemo also eliminates floating cancer cells. The primary surgery, called a Whipple procedure, is ...

Dr. Nguyen Tran of the Mayo Clinic explains why someone would need a Whipple procedure. "Typically, with that type of procedure, it is more on the distal bile duct cancer, less likely a liver cancer.