<ѻý>Meth Charge for Family Doc; 'No Merit' to Husel's Suit; Groping Surgeon?ѻý> Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Mar 06, 2020
<ѻý>Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periodsѻý> Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure Feb 26, 2020
<ѻý>Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Againѻý> Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
<ѻý>From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandalѻý> Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
<ѻý>Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Docѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
<ѻý>Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control?ѻý> One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
<ѻý>UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuitsѻý> Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles" Feb 10, 2020
<ѻý>Antiseptic Cloths No Help Cutting SSI Rates After C-Sectionѻý> But infection rates were surprisingly low overall, even with placebo wipes Feb 07, 2020
<ѻý>Women Burned by Quick Fix for Heavy Periodsѻý> For many, 5-minute fix is anything but Jan 29, 2020
<ѻý>How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSureѻý> Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach Jan 29, 2020
<ѻý>Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgeryѻý> 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
<ѻý>Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Cliniciansѻý> About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
<ѻý>Miley Cyrus's Undetected Condition Required Surgeryѻý> Singer is currently on vocal rest Dec 12, 2019
<ѻý>A Surgical First for Removal of an Appendiceal Neoplasmѻý> Technique deemed safe and feasible for selected patients and better than other minimally invasive approaches Nov 25, 2019
<ѻý>Study Suggests Viable Alternative to Mastectomy After In-Breast Recurrenceѻý> Mastectomy rates low, good cancer control in selected patients Nov 21, 2019
<ѻý>Surgeon in Spotlight for Excising Soccer Ball-Sized Neck Tumorѻý> Called upon for expertise only 4 months into surgical career Nov 19, 2019
<ѻý>Pat Sajak's Emergency Surgeryѻý> Wheel of Fortune host's bout with bowel obstruction Nov 14, 2019
<ѻý>Time to Rethink BMI Cutoff for Bariatric Surgery?ѻý> The point isn't weight loss, researcher argues, but treatment for diabetes, hypertension, and other comorbidities Nov 06, 2019
<ѻý>Novel TAVR Technique: Single-Side Vascular Accessѻý> Better prep for complications at access site? Nov 04, 2019
<ѻý>Parents Want Child 'Frozen' at Age 6: Bioethicist Weighs Inѻý> You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 25, 2019
<ѻý>CDK 4/6 Inhibitors Boost OS in Advanced Breast Cancerѻý> Abemaciclib, ribociclib should become first-line treatment in HR-positive/HER2-negative disease, expert says Sep 29, 2019
<ѻý>PARP Inhibitors: The Key to a Tx Paradigm Shift in Ovarian Ca?ѻý> PRIMA and VELIA trial findings advance niraparib and veliparib to the therapeutic front lines Sep 29, 2019
<ѻý>Paclitaxel Device Scare Highlights PAD Research Flawsѻý> Latest data from the Lutonix research program reassuring, but far from conclusive Sep 28, 2019
<ѻý>Bariatric Surgery May Compromise Mental Healthѻý> Patients with psychiatric history saw higher rate of repeat presentations Sep 26, 2019
<ѻý>H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimensѻý> Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
<ѻý>John Elway’s Debilitating Hand Conditionѻý> Hall of Famer fights Dupuytren's contracture Sep 12, 2019
<ѻý>I’ve Got My Rights in Peer Review, Right? Wrong.ѻý> Hospital committees can make or break you Sep 10, 2019
<ѻý>Good News on Nipple-Sparing Breast Surgeryѻý> Korean study examined recurrence rates Aug 30, 2019
<ѻý>Alternatives to Open-Heart Surgery Pushing Surgeons to Do Betterѻý> Old techniques get a makeover Jul 02, 2019
<ѻý>Another Tricuspid Repair System Shows Promiseѻý> Device is designed for individual leaflet capture Jun 17, 2019
<ѻý>Makeover for TAVR Valves: Lower Profiles, Better Sealingѻý> Design features suggest several possibilities for improvement over current devices Jun 14, 2019
<ѻý>TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: Meta-Analyses Have Their Sayѻý> Improved outcomes overall, but not without downsides Jun 14, 2019
<ѻý>TAVR Operators Urged to Tread Carefully on BASILICAѻý> TVT Registry to start collecting data on technique's use Jun 12, 2019
<ѻý>Farewell to Hartmann's Procedure?ѻý> LADIES trial found primary anastomosis had better outcomes in perforated diverticulitis Jun 10, 2019
<ѻý>Cancer Surgery Refusal Remains a Problemѻý> Older, unmarried, African-American patients more likely to say 'no' Jun 04, 2019
<ѻý>Preop Chemo Reduces CRC Surgical Morbidityѻý> Lower 2-year recurrence rate versus adjuvant therapy but not significantly Jun 04, 2019
<ѻý>Is Transoral Endocrine Surgery Underused in Thyroid Operations?ѻý> Over half of patients could have had "scarless" procedure May 31, 2019
<ѻý>Slicer Seen Boosting Leaflet Mobility in Aortic Stenosisѻý> Study shows feasibility of novel treatment for calcified aortic stenosis May 24, 2019
<ѻý>USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Failsѻý> Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
<ѻý>Enoxaparin May Be Underdosed for CRC Surgery Patientsѻý> Standard dose yielded low anticoagulation levels in 68% but no increase in venous thromboembolism May 23, 2019