Surgery General
Jun 01, 2017
Join us Wednesday, June 21 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda Girgis, MD, on the drivers of increasing healthcare costs in the U.S. Topics to be discussed include: ...
May 30, 2017
Throughout the United States, the chronic use of opioids continues to be a substantial burden to the healthcare system in terms of morbidity, mortality, and economic costs. Studies show that the U.S. ...
May 28, 2017
Hope for Patients Suffering with Chronic Rhinosinusitis For patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), every day can mean dealing with headaches, pain, facial pressure, and severe nasal ...
May 24, 2017
Studies have shown that playing music in the operating room (OR) while performing surgery can benefit operative staff by improving their levels of physiologic stress and enhancing operative performanc...
May 16, 2017
A Weekend Effect for PCI? Few large-scale studies have assessed whether or not PCI procedures conducted during the weekend result in worse outcomes than procedures performed on weekdays. Nearly 1.3 m...
May 15, 2017
Bariatric surgery has become one of the most effective interventions for inducing weight loss among obese patients. Several operations are available for patients considering bariatric surgery, includi...
May 11, 2017
With America facing an opioid epidemic, the most effective diagnostic tool for uncovering misuse and abuse of opiates remains the urine-drug testing that numerous businesses and physicians rely on. ...
May 10, 2017
According to data from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), heart failure (HF) is a common but often unrecognized and misdiagnosed condition that affects nearly 6 million Americans. HF is the ...
May 09, 2017
Told from the perspectives of four families devastated by opioid addiction, the HBO documentary Warning: This Drug May Kill You offers a harrowing, unflinching look at the deadly epidemic currently fa...
May 09, 2017
Volume Standards for Thoracic Surgeries Few studies have assessed whether or not minimum volume standards for surgeries are associated with differences in outcomes in thoracic surgical procedures. Fo...
May 08, 2017
More than half of physicians practicing in the United States have some sign of burnout, according to recent reports, and previous research has shown a link between increased administrative workload an...
May 04, 2017
One in five people experience reflux at least once a week, triggering 2.2 million visits to ambulatory care centers per year. Primary care physicians often hear the typical symptoms of reflux, such ...
May 04, 2017
“The prevailing consensus is that oral anticoagulation should be continued for at least 2 to 3 months after a successful ablation,” says Peter A. Noseworthy, MD. “However, AF patients often do n...
May 03, 2017
Join us Wednesday, May 10 at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda Girgis, MD, on the U.S. opioid epidemic. Topics to be discussed include: The current status of the ...
May 01, 2017
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat and limits our ability to prevent and treat an increasing amount of infections caused by bacteria. According to the CDC, there is no system in place to track ...
Apr 27, 2017
Several years ago, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) published an expert consensus statement on best practices in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) to prov...
Mar 31, 2017
In recent years, clinicians have seen an uptick in viruses like HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) being transmitted through the sharing of needles and other drug paraphernalia. Another infectious compl...
Mar 29, 2017
With more Americans owning mobile devices than ever before and increasingly using them for health purposes, there are new opportunities to deliver health information to hard-to-reach or underserved po...
Mar 21, 2017
New research was presented at ACC 2017, the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Sessions, from March 10th to the 12th in Orlando. The features below highlight some of the studies presented at ...
Mar 16, 2017
Recent research indicates that a surgeon’s expertise and case volume has a substantial effect on the outcomes of various surgeries, including thyroid operations. With advances in surgery, the numbe...