Study: Skinny-Leg Runners Face Higher Rates of Knee Arthritis Questions about risks from weight-bearing activities may now be settled Apr 30, 2024
Dissolving Stent Approved for Peripheral Artery Disease Below the Knee The Esprit BTK everolimus-eluting scaffold is indicated for chronic limb-threatening ischemia Apr 29, 2024
Houston Transplant Scandal: Families of Patients Who Died Begin Legal Action Surgeon has been accused of manipulating waitlist, making his patients ineligible for new livers Apr 25, 2024
CAR-T Plus Stem-Cell Transplant Promising for CD7+ Blood Cancers "All-in-one" approach appears safe, effective, in patients with relapsed/refractory disease Apr 24, 2024
Too Ill for Typical Transplants, Woman Gets a Pig Kidney and Heart Pump Instead Surgery marks sixth human xenotransplant performed at NYU Langone Health Apr 24, 2024
The Most Intimidating Test I've Ever Taken: The Anesthesia Oral Boards Max Feinstein, MD, on his experience and tips for those about to take the boards Apr 24, 2024
Think Twice Before Excising Bursa in Shoulder Surgery Might doing so actually worsen outcomes? Apr 24, 2024
Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds Study attempts to untangle taste and olfactory dysfunction 1 year after infection Apr 23, 2024
Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer Linked to Higher Risk of Second Pelvic Malignancy Risk for any second malignancy, death from any second malignancy not higher versus prostatectomy Apr 23, 2024
From Neurointerventional Radiologist to 'Grey's Anatomy' Sonographer A Q&A with a physician who got a taste of Hollywood Apr 23, 2024
Hands-On Treatment May Help in Knee Osteoarthritis And patients can administer it themselves Apr 22, 2024
Ozempic Hiatus Before Surgery: Is a Weeklong Pause Really Needed? Incidence of respiratory complications similar to other antidiabetic agents, claims data suggest Apr 22, 2024
If Biopsy Needed for ILD Diagnosis, Start With Less-Invasive Option, Trial Suggests Reduced patient burden using "step-up" approach with transbronchial cryobiopsy first Apr 21, 2024
Alectinib Lands FDA Approval for Adjuvant Therapy in NSCLC The ALK inhibitor reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 76% versus chemotherapy Apr 19, 2024
FDA Greenlights Imaging Agent to Detect Residual Cancer After Lumpectomy Pegulicianine used with an approved imaging system achieved overall diagnostic accuracy of 84% Apr 18, 2024
The Hidden Cost of Poor Hospital Waste Management Proper disposal of OR trash could save the healthcare system millions -- and help the environment Apr 18, 2024
Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis But adverse events, quality of life, and patient satisfaction similar to oral/IV approach Apr 17, 2024
Don't Rule Out Breast Cancer Surgery for 90-Year-Olds Retrospective study suggests survival benefit over conservative management Apr 15, 2024
Surgery May Be More Cost-Effective Than Wegovy in Adults With a BMI 35+ Annual price of semaglutide would have to drop significantly to be comparable Apr 12, 2024
Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cards Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year Apr 11, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: A Martial Arts Misstep: What’s the Damage? An 11-year-old boy presented to the emergency room due to an injury that occurred earlier that day. Can you diagnose the patient? Apr 11, 2024
Brain Injury More Severe From Falls at U.S.-Mexico Border Wall People with border wall falls were less likely to receive follow-up care Apr 10, 2024
Early Minimally Invasive Removal of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Shows Benefit Outcomes appeared to be driven by lobar hemorrhage Apr 10, 2024
Immunotherapy After Definitive Therapy Flops in Head and Neck Cancer No event-free survival benefit with atezolizumab versus placebo in phase III trial Apr 10, 2024
Botulism After 'Botox'? NEJM Ignored Nazi Atrocities; Jungle Jack's Alzheimer's Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Apr 08, 2024
Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea May Not Work for All Body mass index, sleeping position influence outcomes Apr 05, 2024
Condemned Inmate Could Face 'Surgery Without Anesthesia,' Lawyers Say Procedure involves incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep Apr 05, 2024
Evidence Strengthens for De-Escalating Axillary Surgery in Breast Cancer Trial suggests axillary dissection can be avoided in some patients with early breast cancer Apr 03, 2024
After Lariat LAA Ligater Disappoints in aMAZE, Is a Path Ahead Still Possible? Adjunctive LAA ligation did not help efficacy of catheter pulmonary vein isolation Apr 02, 2024
Microwave Ablation a Safer Option for Multifocal Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma? Observational study suggests promising benefits of skipping surgery Apr 02, 2024
GLP-1 Users May Have Increased Endoscopy-Related Aspiration Pneumonia Risk Overall incidence is still low, however Apr 01, 2024
Culprit Lesion PCI Before Diagnostic Angiography for Faster STEMI Reperfusion Strategy for shorter needle-to-balloon time appeared safe in preliminary data Mar 29, 2024
CDC: Latest COVID Vax Cuts Hospitalization Risk in Immunocompromised People But fewer than one in five of this vulnerable group have received the updated shot Mar 28, 2024
Industry Payments to Physicians Topped $12 Billion Over Nearly a Decade More than half of eligible physicians received payments, most related to a marketed product Mar 28, 2024
'Excellent' Outcomes After Complete Response in Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer Similar survival regardless of adjuvant therapy, even with omission of RT and axillary dissection Mar 27, 2024
Preemies' Hernia Surgery Can Wait Randomized study shows safety advantage to inguinal repair after initial discharge Mar 26, 2024
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Surgery; Bird Flu in U.S. Milk; Light Pollution and Strokes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Mar 26, 2024
Predicting Vasculitis Relapse? It's SNOT That Hard Sino-nasal symptoms markedly raise the risk, study suggests Mar 25, 2024
Reconsider Insertion of Abdominal Drains After Distal Pancreatectomy, Study Suggests Rate of major morbidity was non-inferior in the no-drain group compared with the drain group Mar 25, 2024
Do Race, Sex Factor Into Who Has Donor Heart Offers Turned Down by Transplant Docs? Black people, men receive more offers before one is accepted Mar 25, 2024
