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Disparities in breast cancer deaths, MRI screening persist
Black women are more likely to develop more aggressive, premenopausal breast cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer, that are more...
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Medicare policy tweak on LVADs may reduce access to transplant
Advanced heart failure patients who receive an LVAD at a center without a transplant program may be less apt to receive a heart transplant.
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Patients with COPD at higher risk of death 1 year after surgery
Frailty, cancer, and procedure type were factors that modified the association between COPD and outcomes.
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Surgeon gender not associated with maternal morbidity and hemorrhage after C-section
Appraising surgical outcomes based on gender may be an essential step toward reducing implicit bias and dispelling engendered perceptions...
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Does appendectomy raise the risk for colorectal cancer?
Researchers observed a 73% increase in CRC risk among appendectomy cases, compared with controls over a 20-year follow-up.
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‘Clinical paradox’? Bariatric surgery may protect from GI cancers
The study marks “an important step toward improving the understanding of potential lifetime risks of bariatric surgery and overall major health...
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New guidelines on peds obesity call for aggressive treatment
The authors of the guidelines encourage primary care doctors to collaborate with other medical professionals to treat the comorbidities often...
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Screen all patients for cannabis use before surgery: Guideline
Patients who regularly use cannabis may experience worse pain and nausea after surgery and may require more opioid analgesia.
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Findings question value of pessary for pelvic organ prolapse
Women who were assigned to the pessary treatment were likely to cross over to a surgical intervention – more than 50% ended up having surgery.
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Problematic alcohol use on the rise among physicians?
Investigators found the prevalence of self-reported problematic alcohol use varied widely, but could affect up to one-third of physicians.
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Endocarditis tied to drug use on the rise, spiked during COVID
The steepest rise of infective endocarditis in people with cocaine/opioid use disorder occurred during the pandemic, suggesting COVID itself may...