The Effect of Pregnancy on Common Surgeries
Postoperative maternal morbidity after appendectomy and cholecystectomy does not appear to be...
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Postoperative maternal morbidity after appendectomy and cholecystectomy does not appear to be...
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An international study suggests that in patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart...
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A next-generation drug-eluting stent system (PROMUS Element Plus Platinum Chromium Stent System,...
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The FDA has approved an artificial heart valve (Sapien Transcatheter Heart Valve, Edwards...
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European research suggests that bisphosphonate use appears to be associated with a nearly two-fold...
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Carotid artery stenting (CAS) appears to be feasible, safe, and useful in patients with acute...
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A large literature review suggests that operating time, blood loss, and hospital stay for women...
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The majority of state medical boards across the country have received and acted on complaints...
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The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), a test that hasn’t been revised in over 20 years, will...
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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...
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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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A study from researchers at the CDC has found that the prevalence of obesity did not appear to...
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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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One in five Americans aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in the past year, according to a...
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The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics has released a data brief indicating that poisoning became the leading cause of death by injury in the United States in 2008. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs, the report...
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Both older patients and younger, working-aged adults taking multiple prescription medications...
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A report from the AHRQ has found that 1.0% of the United States population accounted for 20.2% of total healthcare expenditures in 2008. Researchers noted that the bottom half of the expenditure distribution accounted for 3.1%...
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COPD has vaulted to the third-leading cause of death in the United States and continues to tax...
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In 1995, the National Committee for Quality Assurance began the process of developing quality...
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A Spanish study indicates that severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to be associated with...
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