Europe ’s monarchies are a study in dignified inanity
Like the human appendix, their purpose today is unclear (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Oral Antibiotics Alone Miss the Mark for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis
(MedPage Today) -- For patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis, the noninferiority of oral antibiotics alone compared with a combination of intravenous and oral antibiotics could not be demonstrated in a secondary analysis of the phase III... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - April 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Joyce Corporation Addresses Compliance Oversight
Joyce Corporation Ltd (AU:JYC) has released an update. Joyce Corporation Ltd has acknowledged a late filing of Appendix 3G documents for incentive ...#joycecorporationltd #jyc (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

To Operate or Not on Adults With Uncomplicated Appendicitis? To Operate or Not on Adults With Uncomplicated Appendicitis?
Although it fails to provide a definitive answer, a meta-analysis provides quantitative data to inform discussions with patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - March 29, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

April 2024
Comparing Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments Trouble With Touch? : Feeling Your World Appendix Pain : Preventing Appendicitis Complications All About Acne Migraine Trainer App (Source: NIH News in Health)
Source: NIH News in Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

IRS issues guidance for energy communities and the bonus credit program under the Inflation Reduction Act
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued Notice 2024-30PDF that expands certain rules for determining what an energy community is for the production and investment tax credits. The IRS also released Appendix 1PDF, identifying additional Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and…#notice202430pdf #appendix1pdf #appendix2pdf #fossilfuelemployment #msa #census #section3032 #notice202329 (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Protocols, resources can reduce CT use in child appendectomy patients
Developing protocols and having resources available are a couple of ways hospitals can limit radiation exposure from CT imaging to children who have undergone appendectomies, suggest findings published March 20 in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. A team led by Peter Juviler, MD, from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York described shared qualities among hospitals with low CT use and strategies for decreasing postoperative CT imaging for children with complicated appendicitis -- strategies that involve interdisciplinary collaboration and the promotion of radiation stewardship. “In the evaluation and ma...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Subspecialties Administration Genitourinary Radiology Pediatric Radiology Source Type: news

Researchers study brain activity of surgeons for signs of cognitive overload
Team at Imperial College London say techniques could be used to flag warning signs during surgeryIt is a high-stakes scenario for any surgeon: a 65-year-old male patient with a high BMI and a heart condition is undergoing emergency surgery for a perforated appendix.An internal bleed has been detected, an anaesthetics monitor is malfunctioning and various bleepers are sounding – before an urgent call comes in about an ectopic pregnancy on another ward.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 2, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: Medical research Imperial College London Higher education Science UK news Source Type: news

I had to pay $1,463 for a 'pre-payment' before my son got appendix surgery - and no one will tell me why
A Texas mother [shown left] was shocked to find that doctors would not see her son in need of an appendectomy until her husband forked over more than $1,000. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Potential Biomarker for Perforated Appendicitis Shows Link to Severe Sepsis
(MedPage Today) -- Machine learning enabled researchers to identify a genetic biomarker for predicting perforated appendicitis in children presenting with suspected appendicitis, according to a single-center prospective exploratory diagnostic study... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - February 20, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

The Delusions Of Davos And Dubai, Part Two: Can Wind & Solar Energy Expand 50-100x?
The Delusions Of Davos And Dubai, Part Two: Can Wind & Solar Energy Expand 50-100x? Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, Wind and solar energy cannot lift humanity into prosperity. But as an impressive fleet of private jets has recently migrated from the COP 28 Summit in Dubai to the…#dubai #edwardring #americangreatness #worldeconomicforum #davos #cop28 #conferenceofparties #unitednations #partone #appendix (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Your appendix is not, in fact, useless. This anatomy professor explains
A sudden appendectomy as a child made Heather Smith curious about what the appendix is for and why it gets inflamed. Now as an anatomy researcher, she's finding answers.(Image credit: Heather Smith) (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Selena Simmons-Duffin Source Type: news

[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche exceeds guidance and achieves sales growth of 1% (CER) for 2023 despite sharp COVID-19 sales decline
Group salesgrow by 1%1 at constant exchange rates (CER; -7% in CHF), more than offsetting the decline in COVID-19-related sales and biosimilar erosion, and thereby exceeding 2023 guidanceExcluding COVID-19 products,Group sales increase by 8%Pharmaceuticals Divisionsalesincrease by 6% (excluding COVID-19 medicine Ronapreve: +9%) due to ongoing high demand for newer medicines, with eye medicine Vabysmo continuing to be the top growth driver, followed by Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Hemlibra (haemophilia A) and Polivy (blood cancer)Diagnostics Division salesare 13% lower due to high demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022; strong ...
Source: Roche Media News - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

[Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR] Roche exceeds guidance and achieves sales growth of 1% (CER) for 2023 despite sharp COVID-19 sales decline
Group salesgrow by 1%1 at constant exchange rates (CER; -7% in CHF), more than offsetting the decline in COVID-19-related sales and biosimilar erosion, and thereby exceeding 2023 guidanceExcluding COVID-19 products,Group sales increase by 8%Pharmaceuticals Divisionsalesincrease by 6% (excluding COVID-19 medicine Ronapreve: +9%) due to ongoing high demand for newer medicines, with eye medicine Vabysmo continuing to be the top growth driver, followed by Ocrevus (multiple sclerosis), Hemlibra (haemophilia A) and Polivy (blood cancer)Diagnostics Division salesare 13% lower due to high demand for COVID-19 tests in 2022; strong ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 1, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Princess Kate: Most common types of abdominal surgery as royal taken to hospital
Patients can undergo abdominal surgery for many reasons, including removing the appendix and malignant tumours. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news