How Docs Can Volunteer for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles
Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a ...
Day: August 30, 2024
More Mosquito-Linked Deaths; Historic Cannabis, Hallucinogen Use; Vandy Doc in Space
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Two people in Wisconsin and one in Illinois died of West ...
GIST Rates Rise, With Black Patients Facing Higher Mortality
TOPLINE:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) have increased in incidence over the past two decades, with notable survival disparities among racial and ...
Everolimus Offers No Survival Benefit in Non–Clear Cell RCC
TOPLINE:Adjuvant everolimus does not improve recurrence-free or overall survival in patients with papillary and chromophobe subtypes of non–clear cell renal ...
No Renal Colic Recurrence With Piroxicam and Paracetamol?
TOPLINE:Piroxicam and paracetamol do not prevent pain recurrence or emergency department (ED) readmission within 7 days of renal colic treatment. ...
Naloxone Improves Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival
TOPLINE:Naloxone administration by emergency medical services (EMS) is associated with increased rates of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival ...
Nearly Half of AI Health Tools Fall Short on Public Data
Nearly half of the 521 artificial intelligence (AI) health devices authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between ...
A Tale of Rheumatologist Volunteers Overseas and in the US
As a resident, rheumatologist Daniel Albert, MD, did his first volunteer mission to Afghanistan. The clinic had one portable chest ...
Seated Doctors Satisfy Patients
Sitting at a patient's bedside is one of the behaviors associated with better doctor-patient communication, patient satisfaction, and trust. During ...
Hospices hit by funding crisis
BBC NewsClaire (L) with Tracey, who has advanced cancerFive hospices caring for terminally ill people have planned job cuts in ...
Top Non-Salary Perks for Doctors
Holly Wyatt, MD, had spent 20 years in UCHealth with no plans to leave. Her home, support system, and lifestyle ...
Statins Linked to Improved Liver Health in MASLD
TOPLINE:Statin usage in patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is associated with a lower long-term risk for all-cause ...
Intermittent Fasting Aids Patients With Prediabetes or T2D
Intermittent fasting is a method for addressing excessive calorie intake by alternating between periods of eating and fasting. During the ...
UN’s Gaza Polio Vaccinations Will Rely on Pauses in Fighting
GENEVA (Reuters) -United Nations officials are preparing to launch a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza on Sunday that will rely ...
Wegovy Protects Against Deadly COVID Cases
LONDON -- The clinical benefits of semaglutide (Wegovy) went beyond expectations in the SELECT trial, given the reductions in non-cardiovascular ...
How Do Plant-based Foods Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk?
TOPLINE:A higher intake of lignans (found in plant-based foods such as seeds, whole grains, some fruits and vegetables, and coffee, ...
Balloon Catheters for Blood Loss in Placenta Accreta Cases
Prophylactic placement of balloon catheters or sheaths prior to planned cesarean delivery may reduce blood loss in women with placenta ...
Impact of Neurofibromatosis on Quality of Life Evaluated
TOPLINE:Mobile images may be reliable for assessing cutaneous neurofibroma (cNF) features in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to ...
Laser Treatment for Acne: Results From 100 Patients
CARLSBAD, Calif. — After Arash Moradzadeh, MD, treated the first 100 consecutive patients in his practice with a 1726-nm laser ...
‘Bionic’ Lord Craig Mackinlay calls for better care for amputees
Michael KeohanCraig Mackinlay said the limbs he paid for privately made him feel "whole again"Former MP Craig Mackinlay, who lost ...
