Deciding Who Is Dead: Physician Group Issues New Statement American College of Physicians adds to debate about redefining death Sep 05, 2023
Mandatory Retirement Age for Physicians: Yea or Nay? Ron Harman King says age alone is arguably a poor indicator of skill Sep 03, 2023 video
Joint Replacement Outcomes a Bit Better With Patient Reports Post-Surgery Not a huge benefit, study finds, but could be a step toward more consistent follow-up care Sep 01, 2023
Patients See Better Outcomes With Female Surgeons, Studies Find Fewer complications and lower likelihood of adverse postoperative outcomes with women surgeons Aug 31, 2023
Less Velopharyngeal Insufficiency at Age 5 With Earlier Cleft Palate Surgery More infants with early primary surgery had canonical babbling at 1 year Aug 30, 2023
Novel Biomarker Boosts Diagnostic Accuracy of Nasopharyngeal Cancer Screening PPV increased to as much as 44.6% with combined-biomarker screening of high-risk patients Aug 30, 2023
Colchicine Stumbles for Protecting the Heart From Thoracic Surgery Trial meets only post hoc endpoints in extending protection to non-cardiac surgeries Aug 25, 2023
Gender Affirming Surgeries Nearly Tripled in the U.S. From 2016 to 2019 Breast and chest procedures most common, followed by genital reconstruction Aug 25, 2023
Early Cholecystectomy Questioned for More Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis Retrospective analysis suggests worse outcomes versus delayed procedure Aug 25, 2023
Mohs Surgery Best for Early-Stage Merkel Cell Carcinoma? Retrospective data suggest superior survival in pathologically confirmed node-negative disease Aug 23, 2023
Cornea Stem Cell Transplants Helped Restore Vision After Chemical Burns Autologous transplants show early promise in first U.S. patients treated Aug 23, 2023
COPD Inhalers' Link to Fracture Risk Supported in Pooled Trials Certain treatment regimens associated with increased risk of fracture Aug 21, 2023
Surgery May Improve Dysphagia Outcomes in Kids With Sleep Apnea Adenotonsillectomy was more likely to resolve difficulty in swallowing versus watchful waiting Aug 20, 2023
It's the Summer of Barbie ... Botox? What's up with the neck-slimming procedure known as Barbie Botox? Aug 18, 2023
Older Surgical Procedure for Pelvic Prolapse Repair Prevails in Randomized Trial Another study showed vaginal estrogen during prolapse repair did not affect surgical outcomes Aug 17, 2023
First Therapy Approved for Ultra-Rare Bone Disorder Oral retinoid lands indication for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Aug 16, 2023
Removing Race-Corrected Pulmonary Function Tests May Alter Lung Cancer Care Path to eliminating these tests, while crucial, will be challenging, researchers say Aug 16, 2023
Pig-Kidney Xenotransplants Prove Successful in Two Brain-Dead Men "Life-sustaining kidney function" was seen with gene-edited pig kidneys Aug 16, 2023
Residency: Long Hours and Lifetime Connections Adriana Wong on bonding with people who "become your friends throughout the years" Aug 15, 2023 video
Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease? The loudest critics are the biggest offenders Aug 13, 2023
Most Appendicitis Patients See Good Long-Term Outcomes With Conservative Tx Decades after antibiotic treatment, 60% of patients had avoided appendectomy Aug 10, 2023
Low Regret, High Satisfaction Long Term After Gender-Affirming Mastectomy Satisfaction scores after 2 years higher than surgeries in other specialties Aug 09, 2023
'Conscience' Bills Let Medical Providers Opt Out of Providing a Wide Range of Care Protections for health workers may reduce standard of care, opponents say Aug 06, 2023
Can Aromatherapy Relax Post-Op Patients? Cardiac surgery patients report better sleep after inhaling peppermint essence Aug 03, 2023
Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality Outcomes were mixed, depending on the operation Aug 02, 2023
Novel Drug Reduces Acute Pain After Common Surgeries Investigational sodium channel blocker shows benefit in two trials Aug 02, 2023
Routinely Removed Organ Linked to Increased Mortality, Cancer Risk Cardiothoracic surgery often cuts out this little organ as irrelevant. Big mistake, study says Aug 02, 2023
Should Surgery Be Offered for Malignant Bowel Obstruction? Study finds no benefit in terms of days alive and out of the hospital, but symptom burden eased Aug 02, 2023
Handheld Pen Helps Surgeons Distinguish Between Thyroid, Parathyroid Tissues Dye-less device works in about 15 seconds Aug 02, 2023
House Lawmakers Clash Over Gender-Affirming Care in Youth Republicans say it causes long-term medical complications, Democrats say it's safe and effective Jul 28, 2023
Impella Devices Recalled After Deaths, Injuries Tied to TAVR Interactions Recall involves new instructions for use without devices needing to be returned Jul 28, 2023
Trial Supports GLP-1 After Underwhelming Metabolic Surgery Helped more patients achieve clinically significant weight loss Jul 27, 2023
A Bright Future for Gender-Affirming Care "There is an absolute tidal wave of providers coming" to improve gender-diverse care Jul 27, 2023 video
Another HIV Patient Possibly Cured With Stem Cell Transplant But this case is unique, researchers say Jul 25, 2023
'Minimal' Benefit Seen With Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis in Kids Effect did not depend on nasal discharge color Jul 25, 2023
3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak; Flea Bite Ends in Amputation; Mandy Cohen's CDC Plan Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jul 24, 2023
The Consequences of Stripping a Surgeon's License for Live-Streaming Procedures Can live-streaming care ever play a positive role in medicine? Jul 22, 2023
Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
Gastric Bypass Surgery Tied to Higher Risk of Substance Use Disorder Prior findings from same cohort showed link between alcohol use disorder and bariatric surgery Jul 21, 2023
