Gender-Affirming Surgery Gets a Boost After California Law Kicked In Nondiscrimination law bars insurers from limiting benefits based on gender identity, expression Mar 14, 2023
More Data Suggest Concussion Raises Leg Injury Risk Causality still unclear but getting harder to argue against Mar 12, 2023
Baseball: The Safest Sport for High School Athletes? And, no surprise, national data show football is the most injurious Mar 11, 2023
Stimwave Founder Arrested Over 'Dummy' Pain Implants, DOJ Says Medical device company admits wrongdoing, agrees to settlement that includes $10 million penalty Mar 10, 2023
New Option on Horizon for Younger People With Refractory Knee OA Shock absorber implant seen outperforming osteotomy Mar 10, 2023
Now Hear This: The OR Is Incredibly, Dangerously Loud Sound levels greater than construction sites, researchers say Mar 10, 2023
Marathon Running Not a Risk Factor for Arthritis A good thing too, because most aren't going to quit Mar 10, 2023
Fetus Removed From Brain of 1-Year-Old Girl Intracranial fetus-in-fetu identified in child with motor delay Mar 09, 2023
Ankle Docs See Falling Medicare Payments Inflation-adjusted reimbursements for fusion, joint replacement slip Mar 09, 2023
Hospitals Drag Their Feet in Posting Prices for Joint Replacements A year after CMS rule went into effect, two-thirds of hospitals had done nothing Mar 09, 2023
Rotator Cuff Reoperation More Likely With Acromioplasty Study in Medicare patients adds fuel to ongoing debate Mar 08, 2023
First Bimodal Neuromodulation Device for Tinnitus Gets FDA Nod Ringing ears may get relief with sound and tongue stimulation Mar 08, 2023
'War Is a Trauma Epidemic,' Says Ukrainian Surgeon Leading specialist reviews medical system's response to Russian invasion a year on Mar 08, 2023
Fastball Failing? Don't Look to UCL Repair for Improvement Speed, other performance measures no better after Tommy John procedure Mar 07, 2023
Cases of Breast Implant-Associated Lymphoma Continue to Accumulate More than 1,300 cases and 35 deaths, as reports of other implant-linked malignancies emerge Mar 06, 2023
TAVR Holds Strong 3 Years Into Evolut Low Risk Trial No major widening nor narrowing of event curves yet Mar 06, 2023
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Earns Confidence in Expert Hands Decision for mini thoracotomy may rest on patient preference, expert operator availability Mar 06, 2023
These Surgeries Made the Sharpest Turns to Outpatient Setting After COVID Several procedures saw significant increases in outpatient volumes Mar 03, 2023
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
Star Surgeon, UPMC Will Pay $8.5M to Settle Concurrent Surgeries Lawsuit Feds alleged surgeon performed as many as three complex surgeries at the same time Mar 01, 2023
Women Still Face Higher Risks for Mortality After CABG Sex disparities in adverse outcomes, including death, didn't change in the last decade Mar 01, 2023
Spinal Stimulation Opens Door to Treating Stroke Survivors With Partial Paralysis Recovery of strength, functional movements seen in pilot study Feb 20, 2023
Why Are ORs So Cold? (It's Not What You Thought) Cool facts from YouTuber Max Feinstein, MD Feb 16, 2023
Cognitive Functioning Improves After Cochlear Implant Clinically meaningful improvement in older adults at risk for mild cognitive impairment Feb 16, 2023
Safe to Omit RT After Lumpectomy in Certain Older Breast Cancer Patients Radiotherapy reduced local recurrence, but showed no effect on OS, distant recurrence Feb 15, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records Nationwide analysis of technology's effect since FDA approval 10 years ago Feb 06, 2023
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
Mileage Varies for Different Hip Surgery Approaches No single "best" in meta-analysis, though a clear loser emerges Jan 31, 2023
Society Responds to Outgoing President's Remarks on Diversity "We have come a long way ... but there is much more to do," new president, board of directors say Jan 25, 2023
Blood Test Bests Standard OA Prognostic Models in Early Study Multi-marker panel does a better job of predicting who will show rapid progression Jan 25, 2023
Now, a Surgical Risk Model Tailored to Adult Congenital Heart Disease Novel calculator offers better estimates of operative mortality Jan 24, 2023
Heart Surgery Outcomes During COVID Similarly Worrisome for Rich and Poor Patients Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged Jan 24, 2023
Neoadjuvant Chemo Reduces Disease Recurrence in Operable Colon Cancer Consider it now "an option" for locally advanced disease, editorialists say Jan 24, 2023
In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body Trial shows little extra benefit from intensive program Jan 23, 2023
Bypass Surgery for Multivessel CAD Reaffirmed in Newer Data Surgeons fire back at downgrading of CABG in recent guidelines Jan 23, 2023
Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
When Surgeons Clamp Down on Opioids After Cardiac Operations Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids Jan 22, 2023
Circulating Tumor DNA Could Guide Use of Chemo in Colorectal Cancer Identified patients likely to benefit following surgery, large prospective study showed Jan 19, 2023
Gender-Affirming Hormones Boost Mental Health for Transgender Youth Gains seen in appearance congruence paired with drops in depression and anxiety, study showed Jan 18, 2023
