Multimodal Pre-Op Program Aids Knee Replacement Candidates Patients feel better as they wait for surgery; a few find they no longer need it Feb 29, 2024
Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Tumors Proves Safe, Feasible in Experienced Hands Shorter stays, faster surgeries, and less blood loss versus open surgery in Chinese study Feb 29, 2024
Cancer Prevention Strategies Linked to Mortality Reduction in BRCA Carriers Cohort studies indicate oophorectomy, breast MRI surveillance save lives, researchers say Feb 29, 2024
Biden 'Continues to Be Fit for Duty,' His Doctor Says "Nothing different than last year," president says after undergoing annual physical Feb 29, 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
Bariatric Surgery a Long-Term Winner for Type 2 Diabetes Clinical trials show advantages over lifestyle, medication out to 12 years Feb 27, 2024
Fact Check: No, COVID-Vaccinated People Aren't Banned From Giving Blood Debunking false claims of "tainted" blood Feb 26, 2024
Changing the Surgical Paradigm in Oligometastatic NSCLC Propensity-score matched analysis suggests survival benefit with surgery to the primary tumor Feb 23, 2024
NBA Champion, 'Survivor' Contestant Receives Heart Transplant Scot Pollard "feeling great" following surgery, his wife says Feb 23, 2024
Why Patients Need to Come Clean About Cannabis to Their Anesthesiologist If they don't, things could get complicated Feb 22, 2024
Do Organ Transplants Cause Personality Changes? Anecdotal evidence suggests a real possibility, but more research is needed Feb 22, 2024
AGA Backs Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff But new guidelines do not recommend use in inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome Feb 21, 2024
Potential Biomarker for Perforated Appendicitis Shows Link to Severe Sepsis Test that can differentiate between simple and perforated appendicitis is "highly desirable" Feb 20, 2024
Surgical Remission of Cushing's Disease Tied to New Autoimmune Conditions But glucocorticoid replacement right after surgery may be protective Feb 19, 2024
Reversing Anticoagulation in Hemorrhagic Stroke; E-Cigs for Smoking Cessation Also in TTHealthWatch: an online program for long COVID Feb 17, 2024 podcast
Looking for Source of Knee Implant Failure? Biomarkers May Help Blood or synovial fluid tests can help pinpoint what went wrong, studies suggest Feb 16, 2024
Rotator Cuff Tears: Take Surgeons' Word That MRI Is Needed Most scans ordered at first visit showed pathology that physical therapy wouldn't fix Feb 16, 2024
Bad Doctors Caught on Camera Dr. Mike reacts to mocking patients, dark humor, live streaming surgeries, and more Feb 15, 2024
Clear Opportunity to Identify Patients With Osteoporosis Commonly Missed Hip surgeons could, but mostly don't, send at-risk patients for screening Feb 15, 2024
Minimizing Opioids After Teens' Spine Surgeries Appears Practical Alternatives prove mettle in studies Feb 14, 2024
FDA Approves First Drug for Severe Frostbite Vasodilator iloprost significantly cut the risk of amputations in trial Feb 14, 2024
Orthopedic Surgeons on Track to Earn Less Than Taco Bell Workers If current trends continue, patients are in big trouble Feb 14, 2024
FDA Advisors Nearly All Aboard the TriClip Train for Tricuspid Regurgitation Committee voted 13-1 that the benefits of the TEER device outweigh the risks in certain patients Feb 14, 2024
Safety Events at Hospitals More Common in Black and Hispanic Kids "Many factors could be driving these disparities," researcher says Feb 14, 2024 video
Study: Let's Revisit Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Joint Replacement One center's experience puts recent policy in doubt Feb 13, 2024
Immunotherapy May Hold Promise for Skin Cancers After Kidney Transplant Two studies had "important differences," but can help guide clinicians Feb 13, 2024
15 Residents in Limbo as Surgical Residency Program Loses Accreditation Health system has filed an appeal, but residents eye an escape Feb 13, 2024
Risk Score Proposed to Anchor Forthcoming Donor Heart Allocation Rules Current six-tier system on the outs due to excessive manipulation Feb 13, 2024
Turf War: Study Backs Natural Grass as Less Injurious Than Artificial Surface And some fake grasses appear more dangerous than others Feb 13, 2024
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Long-Term Cognitive Benefits Surgical weight loss linked with improved cognitive function, mood, and brain parameters on MRI Feb 12, 2024
FDA Reviewers Skeptical on TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitation Tricuspid valve repair system is up for advisory committee scrutiny on Tuesday Feb 12, 2024
Former NBA Player, 'Survivor' Contestant Waits in Hospital for Heart Transplant But few donors can provide a match for his extra-large body Feb 09, 2024
Stigmatizing Language Common on Liver Transplant Websites Researchers searched for terms including "alcoholic," "alcoholism," and "alcohol abuse" Feb 08, 2024
One Way to Make It to the Super Bowl: Become the Team Doctor A Q&A with the head physician for the San Francisco 49ers Feb 07, 2024
Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize Concerns about staffing, quality of care, and pay cuts push physicians to organize Feb 01, 2024
Iodine-Based Skin Prep Better for Certain Fracture Surgeries Large randomized trial comparing alcohol antiseptic solutions could change practice Jan 31, 2024
Pushback on Rule for Surgical Lymph Node Sampling During Lung Resection Surgeons debate the right standard for lymph node dissection in lung cancer Jan 31, 2024
IBD Surgery Linked to Improved Patient-Reported Pain, Physical Health However, this was not the case for social, emotional outcomes Jan 31, 2024