Doctors Work to Clarify New Audiology Scope-of-Practice Law in Maryland Concern centers around provision allowing audiologists to perform "health screenings" Jul 10, 2024
Laryngeal Transplant Helped a Cancer Patient Speak Again in Pioneering Study Transplants of this nature normally aren't an option for people with active cancer Jul 09, 2024
Medicare Pay, Prior Auth, and More: A Q&A With the AMA's President-Elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, also says he wants to improve medical record interoperability Jun 20, 2024
The AMA Will 'Fight for Our Profession and Our Patients,' Says New President Health system should "not get in the way" of providing good care, says Bruce Scott Jun 12, 2024
Springsteen's Health; Minimum Staffing Rule Challenged; Probiotic Sodas Probed Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 28, 2024
Earbuds and Hearing Loss; Campaign Rally Deaths; Cannabis vs Alcohol Use Daily Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 23, 2024
More Evidence Supports Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer No difference in surgical, oncologic outcomes with immediate versus delayed surgery May 17, 2024
Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable May 10, 2024
RFK Jr. Explains Why His Voice Sounds Hoarse Spasmodic dysphonia -- not his brain worm -- is the root cause May 09, 2024
RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm; Cancer From Your Car? Hearing Restored in Two Kids Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 08, 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
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
Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea May Not Work for All Body mass index, sleeping position influence outcomes Apr 05, 2024
Predicting Vasculitis Relapse? It's SNOT That Hard Sino-nasal symptoms markedly raise the risk, study suggests Mar 25, 2024
Mysterious Acute-Onset Neck Mass in a Young Man Among many diagnostic options for a rare condition, be aware of potential pitfalls Mar 18, 2024
Gene-Guided Immunotherapy Misses Mark in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Few responses with or without guidance in small first step for "personalized" treatment Mar 04, 2024
Vismodegib-RT Regimen Achieves High Rate of Disease Control in Head and Neck BCC Local control in 91% of cases at 1 year in small prospective trial Mar 01, 2024
Sinusitis Tied to Later Autoimmune Disease Olmsted County analysis points to substantial risk Feb 27, 2024
Doctor Mistakenly Accused of Shouting Racist Slurs at Woman Being the target of social media misinformation "can happen to anybody" Feb 27, 2024
Novel Gene Therapy Allows Kids With Inherited Deafness to Hear "This is real proof showing gene therapy is working," says researcher Jan 25, 2024
White House Pharmacy a Mess; Doctor Dies in Avalanche; Gene Therapy for Deafness Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 24, 2024
Significant Left Nasal Obstruction Finally Diagnosed After 2 Years Nonspecific presentation impedes early diagnosis of rare indolent tumor in older man Dec 26, 2023
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting Dec 05, 2023
Hashimoto's Patients Felt Better for 5 Years After Thyroidectomy But high complication rate should dissuade clinicians from routinely offering treatment Nov 27, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
Spider, Exoskeleton Removed From Patient's Ear Woman said she felt a creature moving in her ear Oct 26, 2023
Surgery Gets a Win for Clearing Nasal Obstruction Septoplasty more effective than nasal spray management in people with a deviated septum Oct 19, 2023
Did Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Really 'Break His Larynx'? A Q&A with a voice and airway expert Oct 13, 2023
No Surprise? Surgical Leadership Roles Still Dominated by White Men Underrepresented groups, women may find path to department chair cut short in "service roles" Oct 11, 2023
Gabapentin No Help for Lingering COVID-Induced Olfactory Dysfunction Compared with placebo, differences in response to treatment were not significant Sep 21, 2023
Most Patients Don't Realize HPV Causes Throat Cancer, Survey Finds But education and shared decision-making can convince some patients to get vaccinated Sep 05, 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
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
Handheld Pen Helps Surgeons Distinguish Between Thyroid, Parathyroid Tissues Dye-less device works in about 15 seconds Aug 02, 2023
'Minimal' Benefit Seen With Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis in Kids Effect did not depend on nasal discharge color Jul 25, 2023
This Common Device Can Slow Cognitive Decline, Trial Shows Hearing loss is more than a marker for dementia risk, it appears Jul 18, 2023
Positive Surgical Margins More Likely Among Black Men With Oral Cancer Post-operative treatment, long-term survival may be affected Jul 11, 2023
Novel Turmeric Derivative Drug Shows Promise in Head and Neck Cancer Compound is still in earliest stages of testing Jul 10, 2023