Pig-Kidney Xenotransplants Prove Successful in Two Brain-Dead Men "Life-sustaining kidney function" was seen with gene-edited pig kidneys Aug 16, 2023
Residency: Long Hours and Lifetime Connections Adriana Wong on bonding with people who "become your friends throughout the years" Aug 15, 2023 video
Who Is to Blame for the Rampant Overtreatment of Peripheral Artery Disease? The loudest critics are the biggest offenders Aug 13, 2023
Most Appendicitis Patients See Good Long-Term Outcomes With Conservative Tx Decades after antibiotic treatment, 60% of patients had avoided appendectomy Aug 10, 2023
Low Regret, High Satisfaction Long Term After Gender-Affirming Mastectomy Satisfaction scores after 2 years higher than surgeries in other specialties Aug 09, 2023
'Conscience' Bills Let Medical Providers Opt Out of Providing a Wide Range of Care Protections for health workers may reduce standard of care, opponents say Aug 06, 2023
Can Aromatherapy Relax Post-Op Patients? Cardiac surgery patients report better sleep after inhaling peppermint essence Aug 03, 2023
Study Questions Relationship Between Hospital Competition and Surgical Quality Outcomes were mixed, depending on the operation Aug 02, 2023
Novel Drug Reduces Acute Pain After Common Surgeries Investigational sodium channel blocker shows benefit in two trials Aug 02, 2023
Routinely Removed Organ Linked to Increased Mortality, Cancer Risk Cardiothoracic surgery often cuts out this little organ as irrelevant. Big mistake, study says Aug 02, 2023
Should Surgery Be Offered for Malignant Bowel Obstruction? Study finds no benefit in terms of days alive and out of the hospital, but symptom burden eased Aug 02, 2023
Handheld Pen Helps Surgeons Distinguish Between Thyroid, Parathyroid Tissues Dye-less device works in about 15 seconds Aug 02, 2023
House Lawmakers Clash Over Gender-Affirming Care in Youth Republicans say it causes long-term medical complications, Democrats say it's safe and effective Jul 28, 2023
Impella Devices Recalled After Deaths, Injuries Tied to TAVR Interactions Recall involves new instructions for use without devices needing to be returned Jul 28, 2023
Trial Supports GLP-1 After Underwhelming Metabolic Surgery Helped more patients achieve clinically significant weight loss Jul 27, 2023
A Bright Future for Gender-Affirming Care "There is an absolute tidal wave of providers coming" to improve gender-diverse care Jul 27, 2023 video
Another HIV Patient Possibly Cured With Stem Cell Transplant But this case is unique, researchers say Jul 25, 2023
'Minimal' Benefit Seen With Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis in Kids Effect did not depend on nasal discharge color Jul 25, 2023
3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak; Flea Bite Ends in Amputation; Mandy Cohen's CDC Plan Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jul 24, 2023
The Consequences of Stripping a Surgeon's License for Live-Streaming Procedures Can live-streaming care ever play a positive role in medicine? Jul 22, 2023
Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
Gastric Bypass Surgery Tied to Higher Risk of Substance Use Disorder Prior findings from same cohort showed link between alcohol use disorder and bariatric surgery Jul 21, 2023
American Guidelines Sour on Beta-Blockers for Chronic Coronary Disease For some people, revascularization to improve symptoms or help survival also endorsed Jul 20, 2023
Circumcision May Be Protective Against HIV in Men Who Have Sex With Men Voluntary medical procedure offers another option for prevention Jul 20, 2023
PCP Visits Before Emergency Surgery Tied to Lower Mortality in Older Adults Protective effect was similar for both Black and white Medicare patients Jul 19, 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
Doc Who Livestreamed Surgeries on TikTok Loses License Katharine Roxanne Grawe, MD, will also have to pay a fine of $4,500 Jul 13, 2023
Machine Learning Model Accurately Identifies High-Risk Surgical Patients New tool more accurate than existing risk calculator Jul 13, 2023
Age No Barrier to Preserved QoL, Functional Recovery After Surgery for CRC More than 70% of patients with a median age of 79 achieved both outcomes at 3-6 months Jul 13, 2023
Positive Surgical Margins More Likely Among Black Men With Oral Cancer Post-operative treatment, long-term survival may be affected Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Novel Turmeric Derivative Drug Shows Promise in Head and Neck Cancer Compound is still in earliest stages of testing Jul 10, 2023
Oral Cancer Patients Face Worse Outcomes With Delayed Radiation Therapy Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates Jul 10, 2023
Liquid Biopsy May Help Identify HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer But concerns about false negative results linger Jul 10, 2023
Primary Surgery vs Radiation in Oropharyngeal Cancer: Does One Come Out a Winner? Higher short-term dysphagia risk with surgery, but RT/CRT had worse 5-year OS Jul 09, 2023
Postoperative Urinary Retention Common After Hernia Surgery Incidence reaches nearly one in 10 in older men Jul 06, 2023
Economical Epoprostenol Good Enough After Major Cardiac Surgery Randomized trial compared two inhaled pulmonary vasodilators Jul 06, 2023
Cannabis Use Disorder Raises Risk of Perioperative Complications Not a "harmless substance," researcher maintains Jul 06, 2023
Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Misconceptions and misinformation conflate treatments, stripping youth of essential care Jul 02, 2023
ASA: Hold GLP-1 Agonists Before Elective Surgery Or else run the risk of aspirating under anesthesia due to delayed gastric emptying Jun 30, 2023