Faster, Less Complicated With Single-Fire Stapler
TOPLINE:A single-fire stapler is safe and effective in patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), reducing both the operative time and ...
Month: October 2024
Why a Diabetes Drug Fell Short of Anticancer Hopes
Pamela Goodwin has received hundreds of emails from patients asking if they should take a cheap, readily available drug, metformin, ...
Key Nutrient Intake for Fetal Health Down Over 20 Years
TOPLINE:Diets have changed significantly among women of reproductive age over the past 20 years. Overall, women consumed less vitamin A, ...
Genetic High Cholesterol Condition Poses Diabetes Risk
A new review found that a genetic condition that puts people at a risk for high cholesterol is not protective ...
COVID-19 Infection May Raise Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke: Study
Share on PinterestCOVID-19 may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research. ljubaphoto/Getty ImagesA new study ...
Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Suffer More Asthma, COPD
BOSTON — In a first-of-its-kind analysis, researchers linked a heightened incidence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to ...
Heart Attack, Stroke Survivors at High Risk for Long COVID
Primary care doctors and specialists should advise patients who have already experienced a heart attack or stroke that they are ...
Sperm Appear to Have a Nonreproductive Function
Brazilian researchers have identified a previously unrecognized function of sperm that is unrelated to reproduction. A study of 13 patients ...
Thyroid Cancer Recurrence Definitions Still Lack Consensus
TOPLINE: There is no universally accepted definition for recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) across treatment categories such as total thyroidectomy ...
Omagh man wants help after ‘life ruined’ by jab
Larry LoweLarry Lowe struggles with everyday tasks such as walkingOn 15 December 2021 Larry Lowe’s life changed.He was 54, rarely ...
Can Green Spaces Save Lives in Type 2 Diabetes?
TOPLINE:Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) increases cause-specific mortality in those with type 2 diabetes ...
One-Dose HPV Vaccine Program Would Be Efficient in Canada
In Canada, switching to a one-dose, gender-neutral vaccination program for human papillomavirus (HPV) could use vaccine doses more efficiently and ...
Potential New Standard of Care for Leptomeningeal Metastases
WASHINGTON — Proton craniospinal irradiation (CSI) may mark a new standard of care for treating leptomeningeal metastases, a rare but ...
WHO Approves Bavarian Nordic’s Mpox Vaccine for Adolescents
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization said on Monday it had approved Bavarian Nordic's mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to ...
‘This Was Worse Than Our National Election’: What We Heard This Week
"This was worse than our national election." -- Eric Peterson, MD, MPH, cardiologist and FDA advisory committee member, discussing his ...
Election Got You Stressed and Anxious?
Dorfman is a psychotherapist and author. In 2020, I crossed a professional line expected within the sanctity of a therapeutic ...
‘Personalized’ Approach to RT for Bladder Cancer Promising but Challenging
A personalized strategy of dose-escalated radiotherapy (RT) for bladder cancer had a low rate of severe late toxicity and survival ...
Why is there poor care for ME?
FAMILY HANDOUTNicole, who has severe ME, is looked after by her daughter Maeve Boothby-O'Neill's final days were harrowing. The 27-year-old ...
What Exercise Improved Lower Back Pain?
The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage ...
Weekend Warrior Benefits; Time-Restricted Eating and Metabolic Syndrome
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine ...
