Newborn Myocarditis Cluster; Mexican Surgery Infections; Overdose Deaths Plateau
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. Due to enterovirus infections, there has been a cluster of severe myocarditis among newborns in Wales and England. (Telegraph) The World Meteorological Organization said that... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 18, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Meticulous Slicing No Better Than Stenting at Axing Feared TAVR Complication
(MedPage Today) -- PARIS -- To mitigate the risk of acute coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), chimney stenting and electrosurgical leaflet laceration performed similarly -- albeit each with its unique... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 16, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Will Surgery Relieve Bo Jackson's Chronic Hiccups?
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Former baseball and football star Bo Jackson has had the hiccups for... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 15, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Experts Outline Strategies for Boosting Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Physicians and advocates explored ways to improve access to clinical trials, dialysis, and transplants for racial and ethnic minorities with chronic kidney disease during a webinar hosted by U.S. News & World Report and sponsored... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 15, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient?
(MedPage Today) -- Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 15, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

How Could I Possibly Know What Was 'Best' for My Patient?
(MedPage Today) -- Yesterday I sat in a chair next to Freddy's hospital bed. The afternoon sun glinted off his long silver hair, giving a warm glow to the gown hanging from his slender frame. He huddled over a notepad, lips moving as he sounded... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 25, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Nurse in Anti-Vax Conspiracy Is Alive; Fat-Freezing Side Effect; Horizon's Strategy
(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. #WheresTiffanyDover? Right Where She Started A Tennessee nurse at the center of an anti... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 19, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Doctor's Ashes Launched Into Space
(MedPage Today) -- The late John Darby, MD, was the guy in the neighborhood who'd set up a telescope in his driveway and regale family and friends with information about the stars, planets, and galaxies. Now, when his family looks up into the... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 19, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Novel Bispecific Antibody Active in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- More than a third of patients with previously treated head and neck cancer responded to a novel bispecific antibody, a preliminary clinical trial showed. The data showed that 37.2% of patients had objective responses... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 18, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient
(MedPage Today) -- UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 17, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

These Women Matched at Stanford. Twitter Responded With Misogyny and Racism.
(MedPage Today) -- The butcher knows. The store clerk knows. The local church knows. And 16 million Twitter users know. They all know Aderinsola Aderonmu will train at Stanford's prestigious surgery program. "My mom has gone into every establishment... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 12, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Patient on Fire!
(MedPage Today) -- A fire may not be the first thing that comes to mind when people consider what could go wrong in the operating room. In this video, Max Feinstein, MD, explains the training anesthesiologists receive in managing this unlikely... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

You Have to Treat the Entire Patient
(MedPage Today) -- Listen and subscribe/follow on Apple, Stitcher, and Spotify so you don't miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us share the story side of medicine! This story is... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 7, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Uptick in Gun Deaths 'At the Scene' Point to Increased Injury Lethality
(MedPage Today) -- Rates of firearm deaths "at the scene" have significantly increased over the past two decades, suggesting that firearm injuries have become more deadly, according to a study of U.S. data from 1999 to 2021. Over this time period... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 5, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. government recently made a transformative announcement: it is breaking up the flawed monopoly that manages the current organ procurement system, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). This commonsense... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - April 4, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news