Hospital Medicine

Short Hospital Stays After Lung Surgery Do Not Up Readmissions

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 19, 2019 | HealthDay |

Findings based on one- to two-day length of stay versus three to five days after anatomic lung resection

Judge upholds New York City’s mandatory measles vaccination order

Posted by Reuters | Apr 18, 2019 | Reuters |

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Brooklyn judge on Thursday ruled against a group of...

Lower dose of Pfizer-Lilly painkiller misses main goals in late stage study

Posted by Reuters | Apr 18, 2019 | Reuters |

(Reuters) – A lower dose of non-opioid painkiller developed by Pfizer Inc and Eli Lilly and Co failed to meet main goals in a late-stage study in patients with moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, the...

Sixty People Charged in Massive Opioid Painkiller Investigation

Posted by Physicians Weekly | Apr 18, 2019 | HealthDay |

Individuals linked to about 350,000 prescriptions and 32 million pills

3D goggles may soon help surgeons see better

Posted by Reuters | Apr 17, 2019 | Reuters |

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – In a first, heart surgeons in Poland used 3D goggles to help them see inside a patient’s chest as they opened up a narrowed heart valve, according to a report in the European Heart...