If RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm Could Talk; Listeria Deaths Rise; Teen Drilled Skull in OR? Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 29, 2024
Lung Function Stable in Sickle Cell Patients After Non-Myeloablative Transplant Results from some pulmonary function tests even showed improvement 3 years post-transplant Aug 28, 2024
Rate of Mortality After ED Discharge for Cirrhosis Doubles That of Heart Failure Patients who lacked a follow-up visit may be at particularly high risk for death Aug 28, 2024
Mortality Risk Dropped for Living Kidney Donors Over the Past Decade Deaths more common in male donors and those with history of hypertension Aug 28, 2024
Dalai Lama's Surgery; New Surgeon General Advisory; Concerns Over Drinking Water Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 28, 2024
FDA Could Soon Limit Use of Only Drug for COVID Prevention Pemivibart may have reduced activity against growing variant KP.3.1.1, agency warns Aug 27, 2024
Favorable Outcomes With Microwave Ablation for Colorectal Liver Metastases Survival similar to resection with less morbidity, but editorial suggests use in select patients Aug 22, 2024
Counseling for PAD Walking Issues Might Hold Cardiovascular Benefit Quality-of-life improvement could explain the reduction in MACE, trial analysis suggests Aug 22, 2024
Beware of Cheap Sunglasses: The Eye Risks of UV Radiation The benign eye growth called "surfer's eye" doesn't just affect surfers Aug 22, 2024
CMS Drops Controversial Proposal for Blood Tests After Organ Transplant Test supporters call the move a "win"; agency will issue a new proposal "in the coming months" Aug 22, 2024
Outsized Death Risk for Women With Afib After Heart Surgery Sex should factor into tailoring of postoperative care, research suggests Aug 21, 2024
Patient Underwent One Surgery, but Was Billed for Two Even after being sued, she refused to pay Aug 21, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: Can You Diagnose This Painful, Tingling Lesion? A 55-year-old man visited his doctor for a growth that developed on his right leg, at the site of previous surgery, 2 months prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Aug 20, 2024
Personalized Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson's Motor Symptoms Adaptive approach senses symptoms before they occur and calibrates stimulation to prevent them Aug 19, 2024
No Effect of Tranexamic Acid on Bleeding in Surgery for Liver Cancer No difference from placebo in transfusion rate, blood loss, with higher complication rate Aug 19, 2024
FDA Expands Durvalumab Label to Operable Lung Cancer PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor approved for use in NSCLC before and after surgery Aug 16, 2024
Life as an Olympic Doctor An orthopedic surgeon on the best thing she's ever done and how you can get involved Aug 16, 2024 video
Brain Implant Helps ALS Patient Quickly Restore Conversational Communication Follow-up with another ALS patient shows brain-computer interfaces can be used for many years Aug 15, 2024
Pregnancy and Delivery Feasible After Uterus Transplant, but Risks Exist No congenital abnormalities, developmental delays observed among 16 live-born children Aug 15, 2024
CDC Alerts on Dramatic Rise in Human Parvovirus B19 Pregnant people and those who are immunocompromised most at risk, agency warns Aug 14, 2024
Bleeding Better Controlled When Protamine Is Part of TAVR Wrap-Up Routine ACE-PROTAVI trial tested upfront vs selective use of heparin reversal agent Aug 14, 2024
Study: Avoid Completion ALND for Abemaciclib Eligibility in Early Breast Cancer Researchers suggest unfavorable risk-benefit ratio "disqualifies" it as a staging tool Aug 09, 2024
Clues for Smarter Rhythm Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery? Predictors of POAF burden, late-occurring POAF identified in prospective study Aug 08, 2024
One Group Hopes to End the Use of Live Animals in U.S. Surgical Residencies Many surgical residency programs still use live animals for training Aug 06, 2024
Aerosmith Retires After Injury; All Zepbound Doses Now Available; Guacamole Recalled Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Aug 05, 2024
Families Seek Answers After Inmates' Bodies Returned Without Internal Organs "This is something out of science fiction," says one family member Jul 31, 2024
Senate Hearing on Noncompete Agreements Gets Contentious Sen. John Kennedy spars with orthopedic surgeon who fought to leave his practice Jul 31, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: There are Lots of Clues, but Can You Make the Diagnosis? A 68-year-old man presented to the doctor with complaints of right shoulder pain, joint stiffness, and decreased range of motion that developed over the last 2 months. Can you diagnose the patient? Jul 30, 2024
Justice Ginsburg's Health Records Leaked; How Sinead O'Connor Died; H5N1 Stockpiles Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Jul 30, 2024
Bilateral Mastectomy Reduces Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk, but Not Mortality Findings question interpretation that contralateral cases represent a new primary tumor Jul 29, 2024
AAP Releases Recs for Identifying Ankyloglossia and Its Effects on Breastfeeding Pediatricians concerned about increase in surgical procedures Jul 29, 2024
FDA Panel Supports More Clarity in NSCLC Perioperative Immunotherapy Trials Committee unanimously backs mandating trial design to distinguish effects of therapy phases Jul 25, 2024
A 'Day Off' in the Life of a Spine Surgeon Join Antonio Webb, MD, for his day off as he battles insurance, gets an MRI, and more Jul 25, 2024
'Next Berlin Patient' Adds to Small but Growing Number of People Cured of HIV New case suggests HIV cure can be achieved independent of stem cell transplant donor CCR5 status Jul 25, 2024
Two Tests Better Than One for Detecting Anal Cancer in People With HIV Combination testing also tied to fewer referrals for further diagnostics Jul 23, 2024
Pay People, and They Will Go to Cardiac Rehab Financial rewards increase participation in guideline-recommended programs Jul 22, 2024
Xenotransplant Research Yields Bacon Safe for Some People Allergic to Red Meat Company that breeds the special pigs shares supply with allergy patients for free Jul 22, 2024
Trump Campaign Releases Letter on His Injury, Treatment After Assassination Attempt It is the most complete accounting to date of the former president's condition Jul 22, 2024
Sotorasib Promising for KRAS–Related Vascular Malformations Two patients had rapid symptom improvement and reductions in malformation volume Jul 18, 2024