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Autopsy Data Reveal New Insights About Brain Swelling After Pediatric TBI

Patterns of blood-brain barrier disruption varied between children and adults

Nov 25, 2024
Pathology equipment ready for an autopsy in a lab.
Lack of Clinical Benefit of Andexanet Flummoxes FDA Panel

Yet advisors were not inclined to take back approval for bleeding reversal agent

Nov 21, 2024
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Spironolactone Misses the Mark in Acute MI Without HF

Drug discontinuations may have leveled any benefit in CLEAR OASIS 9 trial

Nov 17, 2024
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Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use?

Alternative phrasing can open dialogue and built trust with seriously ill patients, experts say

Nov 13, 2024
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Canadian Teen in Critical Condition With What Is Believed to Be Bird Flu

Teen is not known to have any contact with infected animals

Nov 13, 2024
This colorized electron microscope image of H5N1 virus particles grown in Madin-Darby Canine Kidney epithelial cells
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Should I Get a Handheld Ultrasound?

Their speed and simplicity are especially valuable when timely decisions are critical

Nov 10, 2024
A photo of a man with a smartphone displaying an ultrasound image in one hand, and a hand-held ultrasound device in the othe
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Field Notes: One of the Toughest Airways of My Career

Technique matters. Thinking matters more.

Nov 05, 2024
A photo of a male physician holding a video laryngoscope over a patient.
A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas ERs

This marks one of at least two women who died under the state abortion ban

Nov 02, 2024
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Stroke Survivors With Afib Could Start DOACs Earlier

Safety shown with no difference in recurrent strokes

Oct 25, 2024
A CT scan of ischemic stroke at left frontal - temporal - parietal lobe
A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine

Three physicians face crossroads in patient care

Oct 25, 2024
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Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows

Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff

Oct 14, 2024
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FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias

Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients

Oct 10, 2024
A closeup photo of a pulse oximeter on a man’s finger.
Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI Lower With Extracorporeal Blood Purification

Device yields 10% absolute reduction in acute kidney injury within a week of surgery

Oct 09, 2024
A close-up of a filter attached to an extracorporeal blood purification machine.
Liberal Blood Transfusions Deliver Brain Function Benefit for the Critically Ill

Fewer cerebral ischemic events also observed with care teams quicker to give blood

Oct 09, 2024
 A photo of a bag of red blood cells hanging from a rack.
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