New Research Shows Sense of Smell Alters How We See Colors
Unconscious associations between certain scents can affect how we perceive certain colors. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - December 5, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives Practice Focus Rhinology sense of smell Source Type: research
Marketplace News: May 2023
Philips Respironics has recalled a second set of CPAP/BiPAP machines, identified as a Class I recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The 1,088 recalled DreamStation1 units, distributed between […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - May 26, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives Otology/Neurotology Practice Focus Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
Researchers Find Strong Association Between TERT Antigens and Elevated B Cells in Head and Neck Cancer
Researchers have identified a strong association between telomerase reverse transcriptase, an antigen abundantly produced in roughly 85% of tumor cells, and elevated levels of white blood cells that produce antibodies within tumors. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - May 25, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Head and Neck Online Exclusives Practice Focus clincal research head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Source Type: research
Early Birds Have More Success with Using CPAP for Longer Periods
Recent research shows that a person’s chronotype can influence a patient’s reaction to and use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - May 25, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives Practice Focus Sleep Medicine clinical trial CPAP Source Type: research
New AMA Educational Resource Helps Meet Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Training Requirement
A resource recently introduced on the AMA’s online Ed Hub will help physicians complete the new, one-time, eight-hour training requirement issued by the DEA on treating and managing patients with opioid or other substance use disorders. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - May 25, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives education and training opioid prescription Source Type: research
Researchers Find Strong Association Between TERT Antigens and Elevated B Cells in Head and Neck Cancer
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have identified a strong association between telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), an […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - April 27, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives HN squamous cell carcinomas human papillomavirus (HPV) Source Type: research
Early Birds Have More Success with Using CPAP for Longer Periods
Recent research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society (March 14, 2023; doi:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202210-885OC. Published online ahead of print) shows that a person’s chronotype—their proclivity for natural wake and […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - April 27, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives clinical research obstrucitve sleep apnea Source Type: research
New AMA Educational Resource Helps Meet Substance Use Disorders and Addiction Training Requirement
A resource recently introduced on the American Medical Association’s online Ed Hub will help physicians and other practitioners complete the new, one-time, eight-hour training requirement issued by the Drug Enforcement […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - April 27, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives career education and training Source Type: research
Surgical Fellows and Gender Equity
There are still challenges in gender equity in all areas of medicine. A recent study published in December 2022 in JAMA Surgery (doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.6431) examined how practicing male and female surgeons […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - January 3, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives diversity gender equity Source Type: research
Novel Hearing Screening System Uses a Smartphone, Earbuds
University of Washington researchers have created a screening system for hearing that uses a smartphone and low-cost earbuds rather than the commercial devices currently in use. The system is detailed in an article published in Nature […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - January 3, 2023 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy E. Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives Otology/Neurotology Practice Focus hearing screening Source Type: research
American Medical Association Promotes New Policies Aimed at Helping Medical Students, Residents
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates met in Honolulu in November to create a consensus on policies aimed at improving medical students’ and residents’ personal and professional lives. […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 30, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives medical education medical residents Source Type: research
Calif. Physicians Barred from Giving Misleading Info to Patients on COVID-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill in November 2022 that allows the state Medical Board and Osteopathic Medical Board to discipline physicians who knowingly give misinformation or disinformation to […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 30, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives COVID19 Source Type: research
Tracheostomy Tubes Added to FDA Medical Device Shortage List
On Oct. 31, 2022, The Food and Drug Administration added tracheostomy tubes to the administration’s medical device shortage list, including Bivona tracheostomy tubes manufactured by ICU Medical, San Clemente, Calif. […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 30, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Laryngology Online Exclusives Practice Focus tracheostomy Source Type: research
Women, Patients with Severe Dysfunction Less Likely to Regain Smell, Taste After COVID-19
Women, patients who had initially severe COVID-19 symptoms, and patients who had nasal congestion while having COVID-19 are less likely to regain their senses of smell and taste than those who do not fall into any of these categories. (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 30, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives anosmia COVID19 Source Type: research
CA Physicians Barred from Giving Misleading Info to Patients on COVID-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill in October that allows the state Medical Board and Osteopathic Medical Board to discipline physicians who knowingly give misinformation or disinformation to their […] (Source: ENT Today)
Source: ENT Today - November 2, 2022 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Amy Hamaker Tags: Online Exclusives COVID19 Source Type: research
