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Resident involvement does not compromise safety of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:35

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Laparoscopic hysterectomy takes longer when residents participate, but is generally as safe as when an attending physician performs the surgery alone, a study showed. A resident...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

CDC: Young teens’ birth rates drop 67%

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:50

Despite a 67% drop in the birth rate among teens aged 15-17 years over the past 2 decades, there is still plenty of room for improvement, according to a report issued April 8 by the Centers for...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Clonidine no use in fecal incontinence

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 22:05

Clonidine was not better than placebo for fecal incontinence despite previous reports to the contrary. The finding, reported in the May issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (<link...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Acne scar improvements maintained after laser treatment

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:25

PHOENIX – Improvements in acne scarring were maintained 3 months after six laser treatments with a diffractive lens array and a picosecond 755-nm alexandrite laser. Changes seen on histology suggest...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Laser innovations target tattoos, acne, body fat

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:15

PHOENIX – Advances in laser technology allow dermatologists to remove tattoos in half the time but at twice the cost. Cold therapy for sebaceous glands theoretically could cure acne. Nonsurgical body...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Feeding elderly patients after hip surgery

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 21:05

LAS VEGAS – Among 100 hip fracture patients at Salem (Ore.) Hospital, those fed within 24 hours left the hospital sooner, and fewer of them died. Other patients went up to a week without being...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Validated patient-reported outcomes needed for inflammatory bowel disease

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 18:01

Experts have signaled a need for the development of validated patient-reported outcomes for inflammatory bowel disease based on Food and Drug Administration guidance, in the face of a move toward the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Federal government releases updated viral hepatitis action plan

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 17:15

The federal government on April 4 published a 3-year update of its viral hepatitis action plan that...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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