Can New Blood Test Predict Heart Attacks?
A new blood test may predict patients at risk of an imminent heart attack. Researchers have...
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Month: March 2012
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An Emerging Surgical Strategy for Acute Appendicitis
Appendectomy is one of the more common surgical procedures that is performed throughout the United...
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Incivility in Surgery
Hospitals and medical centers are increasingly beginning to appreciate that disruptive behavior in...
Read MoreA New Look at Leaving Without Being Seen in EDs
A decrease in access to EDs throughout the United States has strained the healthcare system significantly. When patients leave the ED without being seen, the emergency care delivery system has failed to provide care to...
Read MoreBariatric Surgeries: Assessing Safety Profiles
A systematic review and meta-analysis has found that laparoscopic bariatric surgery appears to be safer than open bariatric surgery for those requiring the operation. Wound infection and incisional hernia risks were lower for...
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The Effect of Pregnancy on Common Surgeries
Postoperative maternal morbidity after appendectomy and cholecystectomy does not appear to be...
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Heart Failure Complicates Infective Endocarditis
An international study suggests that in patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart...
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Drug-Eluting Stent System Gains FDA Approval
A next-generation drug-eluting stent system (PROMUS Element Plus Platinum Chromium Stent System,...
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Aortic Valve Replacement Without Open-Heart Surgery
The FDA has approved an artificial heart valve (Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, Edwards...
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Bisphosphonate Use in Lower Limb Arthroplasty
European research suggests that bisphosphonate use appears to be associated with a nearly two-fold...
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Carotid Artery Stenting Beneficial for Acute Stroke
Carotid artery stenting (CAS) appears to be feasible, safe, and useful in patients with acute...
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Energy-Based Vessel Sealing in Vaginal Hysterectomy
A large literature review suggests that operating time, blood loss, and hospital stay for women...
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Docs in Hot Water for Online Behavior
The majority of state medical boards across the country have received and acted on complaints...
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Revising the MCAT for 2015
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a test that hasn’t been revised in over 20 years, will...
Read MoreDelirium Worsens Outcomes in Stroke Patients
Stroke patients with delirium appear to have unfavorable outcomes when compared with those who do not have delirium, according to a Canadian study. When compared with stroke patients without delirium, those with it had: Higher...
Read MoreAnalyzing the Delivery of Preventive Services
A combination of factors appears to play a role in whether preventive services are recommended or delivered to patients aged 50 to 80. An American investigation found that the likelihood of preventive service delivery tended to...
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Obesity & BMI Levels Remain Steady
A study from researchers at the CDC has found that the prevalence of obesity did not appear to...
Read MoreAgent Approved for Highly Toxic Chemotherapy Levels
The FDA has approved glucarpidase (Voraxaze, BTG International) for treating patients with toxic levels of methotrexate—a type of chemotherapy—in the blood due to kidney failure. The drug breaks down methotrexate to a form that...
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Many Adults Suffer From Mental Illness
One in five Americans aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in the past year, according to a...
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