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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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
New Monoclonal Authorized to Prevent COVID in Immunocompromised People No such option has been available since FDA revoked the authorization of Evusheld last year Mar 22, 2024
Study Shows Feasibility, Safety of Omitting Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer Pathologic CR to guide treatment decisions led to similar outcomes in node-positive disease Mar 22, 2024
Wider Pool of Impella Heart Pumps Caught in Recall After 49 Deaths Devices require label correction for left ventricle perforation risk Mar 21, 2024
First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Performed in Living Recipient Patient with end-stage kidney disease underwent transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital Mar 21, 2024
Day in the Life of an Orthopedic Surgeon Get a behind-the-scenes look at the practice of YouTuber and physician Antonio Webb, MD Mar 21, 2024
Another Miami Surgeon Faces Brazilian Butt Lift Complaints Surgeon allegedly placed drains too deeply after liposuction, leading to hospitalization Mar 20, 2024
Decision Aid Improved Understanding of Tubal Sterilization Web-based bilingual tool explained the permanence of tubal sterilization, as well as alternatives Mar 19, 2024
Use of Video Laryngoscopy Reduced Endotracheal Intubation Attempts Video laryngoscopy also led to fewer intubation failures, injuries versus direct laryngoscopy Mar 18, 2024
Safety of Less-Radical Surgery for Early Cervical Cancer Gathers More Evidence Growing body of data suggest it can be safe and effective in low-risk disease, says expert Mar 18, 2024
Alcohol-Associated Cirrhosis and Death Are on the Rise: Here's How We Can Help Reducing stigma, increasing public awareness, and policy change are key Mar 18, 2024
How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster? Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized Mar 18, 2024
Laparoscopy Quickly Abandoned in Early Cervical Cancer After LACC Results MIS roughly halved in the 2 years following the study results, national dataset shows Mar 18, 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
EPA Imposes New Limit on Medical Sterilization Chemical, Citing Cancer Risk Rule would lower emission standards for ethylene oxide by 90%, agency says Mar 15, 2024
England's NHS Clinics No Longer Offering Puberty Blockers to Trans Youth Final policy will allow prescriptions only via clinical trials, or for existing patients Mar 14, 2024
Physician Who Worked With Disciplined TikTok Doc Surrenders License Carlos Domingo, MD, worked alongside the plastic surgeon known as "Dr. Roxy" Mar 14, 2024
