March 31, 2025
Same-day discharge after joint replacement surgery is feasible in patients with a history of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study presented at the American Academy […]
March 31, 2025
TOPLINE: Daily use of electronic screens shortly before bed was associated with a 33% higher rate of poor sleep and approximately 50 minutes less sleep weekly. […]
March 27, 2025
The glass ceiling in medicine persists, with women still vastly under-represented in top leadership positions, such as clinical directors at university hospitals, where they currently account […]
March 25, 2025
About a quarter century ago, Virginia resident physician Daniel Merenstein, MD, spoke with a 53-year-old patient about prostate cancer screening. The man didn’t receive a prostate-specific […]
March 25, 2025
TOPLINE: A study involving patients with polymyalgia rheumatica or giant cell arteritis found a 1.9% prevalence of glucocorticoid therapy–induced adrenal insufficiency following the discontinuation of prednisolone, […]
March 24, 2025
TOPLINE: Smartphone telehealth profiling, combined with nurse-led telephone counseling, increased smoking cessation rates in users unwilling to quit. This intervention showed higher rates of tobacco abstinence […]
March 21, 2025
More patients who participated in a telehealth-based weight-loss program prior to total joint arthroplasty reached their preoperative targets for body mass index (BMI) compared with those […]
March 20, 2025
As a transplant hepatologist in Los Angeles, Brian Lee, MD, MAS, has seen his share of alcoholics with advanced liver disease, people who have spent decades […]
March 19, 2025
TOPLINE: Patients and clinicians in primary care settings found that safer-use strategies for opioids and stimulants were acceptable and that they enhanced patient-centered care. Clinicians supported […]