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Bariatric Surgery in MASH Patients Improved Long-Term Outcomes

— Surgery reduced risk of liver decompensation by 80%

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60 or Younger? A 'Wake Up Call' for Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement

Surgeons warn against tissue valves for younger patients

Jan 26, 2025
Heart Surgeons Wary of Being 'Left Behind' in Tricuspid Innovation

"We've got to find a better pathway to be involved"

Jan 26, 2025
Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators for Surgery: Choice Still Up for Debate

Cost less of a deciding factor in evolving market

Jan 26, 2025
What to Know About President Trump's Order Targeting Transgender Rights

A closer look at the executive order

Jan 25, 2025
Inhaled Pulmonary Vasodilators for Surgery: Choice Still Up for Debate

Cost less of a deciding factor in evolving market

What to Know About President Trump's Order Targeting Transgender Rights

A closer look at the executive order

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More Thyroid Cancers Found After Starting GLP-1s: Researchers Think They Know Why

Early cases may be driven by increased surveillance

Jan 23, 2025
 A computer rendering of a transparent body with thyroid cancer highlighted.
Aesthetician Charged With Injecting Customers With Counterfeit Botox

Some clients faced life-threatening injuries after receiving injections, said federal authorities

Jan 23, 2025
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FDA Approves Treosulfan as Part of AML/MDS Conditioning Regimen

Drug is approved in combination with fludarabine

Jan 22, 2025
FDA APPROVED treosulfan (Grafapex) over a computer rendering of acute myeloid leukemia cells in the blood.
Antibiotics Inferior to Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Kids

Treatment failure rate at 1 year reached 34% with antibiotics versus 7% with appendectomy

Jan 21, 2025
A photo of surgeons performing an appendectomy.
Opinion
Independent Surgeons Are Disappearing. Here's Why That Matters.

Private practices offer personalized care, expanded access, and physician autonomy

Jan 18, 2025
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One Racial Group Is Less Likely to Go Through With Bariatric Surgery

No disparity emerges, though, in discussing weight-loss surgery with a healthcare provider

Jan 16, 2025
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Do Stressed Out Surgeons Have Better or Worse Patient Outcomes?

Study's unexpected findings have parallels to observations in elite athletes

Jan 16, 2025
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Pope Injured; Dietitian Defends Ultraprocessed Foods; Woman Dies Midflight

Health news and commentary gathered by ѿapp staff

Jan 16, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Surgical Patient's Face Catches Fire; Drug Prices Up; Slime at Boar's Head Plant

Health news and commentary gathered by ѿapp staff

Jan 15, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Opinion
Here's What It Will Take to Grow HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Transplant Access

Updated federal regulations are an essential step, but more work remains

Jan 14, 2025
A photo of surgeons performing a kidney transplant.
Top FDA Official Exits; SCOTUS Takes Up Obamacare Case; Texas Doc Suspended

Health news and commentary gathered by ѿapp staff

Jan 13, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination

Jan 11, 2025
 A photo of a man with a prosthetic leg lying on a bed and using a laptop.
FDA Panel Backs Injection for Leg Pain Caused by Herniated Discs

Evidence supports narrow indication for intervertebral injections of condoliase, advisors say

Jan 10, 2025
FDA ADCOMM condoliase (Hernicore) over a photo of a syringe pointing at a lumbar disk hernia.
Operative Vaginal Delivery Riskier at Lower Volume Hospitals

Hospital experience is connected to a range of obstetric and neonatal outcomes

Jan 09, 2025
A photo of a new mother holding her baby in the maternity ward.
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