Extra Warming Efforts in Surgery Turn Out to Be Hot Air PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary Apr 04, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Add-On Mavacamten Cuts Need for Septal Reduction in Obstructive HCM VALOR-HCM trial shows novel cardiac myosin inhibitor beneficial as targeted treatment Apr 02, 2022
Tranexamic Acid Cuts Surgical Bleeding in Yet Another Setting But POISE-3 trial leaves open the question of cardiovascular safety Apr 02, 2022
Obstructive HCM: Will Septal Reduction Zapping Hold Up? More progress on PIMSRA at one Chinese center Mar 30, 2022
'It's an Alien Knee in There': Mixed Feelings After Joint Replacement Study highlights common, but rarely discussed, problem Mar 28, 2022
Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it's not clear if medical pot was the reason Mar 26, 2022
Mental Illness in Amputees Linked to Phantom Limb Syndrome However, causal link is unclear Mar 24, 2022
Legacy of the 'Ortho Bro': Gender Diversity Still Lacking in Orthopedic Med Ed Fewer than one in five orthopedic applicants and residents are women, study finds Mar 23, 2022
Take Trauma Call With Me 19 surgeries in 1 week with orthopedic surgeon Antonio Webb, MD Mar 22, 2022
It's Official: Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Not Safer in Cervical Cancer Final analysis of LACC trial confirms earlier findings Mar 21, 2022
Amputation After Intra-Arterial Injection of Crushed Morphine Tablets Infrared thermography aided in care decisions for acute ischemia Mar 21, 2022
Reassurance on Steroid Shots for Knee OA Study counters fears that injections worsen underlying pathology Mar 17, 2022
Doctor Sued Over Stem Cell Treatments Clinic made almost $750K from treatments with no evidence behind them Mar 17, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
FDA Warns on Using Surgical Device for Aesthetic Skin Procedures Agency details potentially life-threatening adverse events with plasma-generating device Mar 14, 2022
Fluorescence-Guided Lumpectomy Shows Promise Imaging system reduced the need for re-excision in one-fifth of patients Mar 11, 2022
Robotic Hepatectomy Shows Benefits Over Laparoscopic Surgery Shorter hospital stay, similar perioperative outcomes in matched analysis Mar 10, 2022
Cost-Analysis Fuels Debate on Transplant Waitlists Without available kidneys, expense of longer lists not justified, researchers argue Mar 10, 2022
Dave Grohl's Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Despite battling hearing loss for decades, the Foo Fighters star can still mix albums and perform Mar 09, 2022
Radioiodine for Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: Yea or Nay? Randomized study finds no meaningful difference in events of abnormalities between groups Mar 09, 2022
Texas Children's Hospital Puts Gender-Affirming Care on Pause Nation's largest pediatric hospital halts hormone therapy, citing possible legal ramifications Mar 08, 2022
EHR 'Nudge' Linked to Fewer C. Diff Tests for Organ Transplant Recipients The program also led to fewer days of antibiotics and cost savings Mar 07, 2022
Concussions Linked to Mental Health Issues in Kids Higher risks of self-harm and psychiatric hospitalization seen vs orthopedic injury Mar 07, 2022
Ross Procedure Best for Fixing Aortic Valve in Younger Patients? Propensity-matched analysis may suggest it's time for "Ross Centers of Excellence" Mar 07, 2022
Chipping Away at the Dogma of Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer Ongoing trials could help some women avoid even less-invasive sentinel lymph node biopsy Mar 07, 2022
Postponing 'Non-Essential' Procedures Isn't the Only Option Outpatient surgery can be a safe and effective route for many orthopedic procedures Mar 06, 2022
Let's Realign the Surgeon-Hospital Relationship Shifting to a language of shared purpose is a good place to start Mar 05, 2022
For Stable Chest Pain, CT Stands Up to Invasive Coronary Angiography Safety of a CT-first strategy confirmed in DISCHARGE trial Mar 04, 2022
Novel Therapies Active in Head and Neck Cancers High response rate with oncolytic virus plus immunotherapy in cutaneous lesions Feb 28, 2022
Medical Approach May Work in Nasal Polyps With Asthma Omalizumab improves polyp symptom scores with low recurrence rate Feb 28, 2022
Stem Cell Transplantation Shows Benefits in Aggressive MS No new relapses recorded after autologous transplant Feb 28, 2022
AI Platform Near Perfect for Predicting Thyroid Malignancy High precision for T stage, extracapsular extension, BRAF mutation Feb 27, 2022
Sudden Hearing Loss After COVID Shot: Slight Risk or Just Noise? Reports continue to be rare, but potential links may need further study Feb 24, 2022
Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms Feb 24, 2022
Ethics Consult: Force Doctors to Remove Bullet From Suspect's Leg? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Feb 18, 2022
Cardiac Arrest Patients Don't Necessarily Do Better With Intubation Debate on prehospital advanced airway management continues Feb 18, 2022
Ablating High-Grade Anal Lesions Thwarts Progression to Cancer Screening followed by aggressive therapy shows benefit in phase III ANCHOR study Feb 17, 2022
A Simple Way to Tell When Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis Isn't So Benign Could regular NT-proBNP testing be of value to patients with non-severe AS? Feb 16, 2022
