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<乌鸦传媒>Rebrand of Nurse Anesthetists Met With Criticism From Physician Group

The American Society of Anesthesiologists called the name change "medical title misappropriation"

A computer rendering of a robotic surgery machine with four arms.

<乌鸦传媒>Robotic Surgery's Impact on the Next Generation of Surgeons

How tech will revolutionize training

A computer rendered close up of a colonoscope about to remove a polyp with a steel wire.

<乌鸦传媒>Incomplete Polyp Resection Proves Tricky Business for Cancer Risk

Expert stresses the importance of high-quality colonoscopy

An overhead view of a shot glass between a man鈥檚 clenched fists.

<乌鸦传媒>Time to Break the Abstinence Rule Before Liver Transplants?

Small study suggests alternative criteria to the "6-month rule" may be needed

The UNMC Nebraska Medicine sign next to a photo of James Edney, MD

<乌鸦传媒>UNMC Mourns Surgeon Killed in Plane Crash

James Edney, former chief of the division of surgical oncology, was piloting the small aircraft

A nurse wearing white rubber gloves takes a blood sample from a patient鈥檚 finger.

<乌鸦传媒>Are Hemoglobin Cutoffs for Anemia Outdated?

A growing call for WHO criteria to be tightened

FDA ADCOMM TriGuard 3 cerebral protection device over a computer rendering of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>TAVR Debris Deflector Doesn't Fly With FDA Advisory Panel

TriGuard 3 met with skepticism in its bid for approval

A patient鈥檚 eye view of a surgeon in the operating room holding a $1 bill in tweezers.

<乌鸦传媒>Higher Prices, No Difference in Resource Use at NCI Cancer Centers

Negotiated facility prices, not surgeon costs, appeared to drive the differences

Two urine sample containers, one full, one empty.

<乌鸦传媒>Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary

Abundance of caution is way overdone, researchers suggest

A billboard with a mature cowboy in sunglasses and the words: TEX NEEDS A LIVER. PLEASE HELP!

<乌鸦传媒>Ethics Consult: Is Oil Tycoon's Billboard for Liver Donor Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

A close up of a woman in a hospital lowering her waistband to reveal a medical dressing over a hysterectomy scar.

<乌鸦传媒>Improved Survival in Metastatic Uterine Cancer With Hysterectomy Plus Chemo

Data extend surgery's advantage from locally advanced to distant metastases

A computer rendering of t-cells attacking a COVID-19 virus.

<乌鸦传媒>Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised

Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders

A sinister looking man mostly in shadow with his finger to his lips in a quiet gesture.

<乌鸦传媒>Surgeon Accused of Trying to Blackmail Nurse Practitioner for Sex

North Carolina doctor fired after admitting to accuser's harassment complaints, lawsuit says

An MRI image of angiomyolipomas of both kidneys.

<乌鸦传媒>More Data Support Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses

Most patients avoided surgery with no metastasis, better focus on aggressive disease

Photo of vials of the drug Shingrix.

<乌鸦传媒>Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults

CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says

TVT over a computer rendering of a transparent heart with the valves highlighted and blood flowing.

<乌鸦传媒>Surprising Tradeoffs of Valve-in-Valve TAVR vs Redo Surgery

Observational study suggests excess readmissions with less invasive procedure

TVT over a computer rendering of a transparent heart with the valves highlighted and blood flowing.

<乌鸦传媒>Watchman FLX Stays on Track for Stroke Prevention

Next-generation LAA occluder maintains good results at 2 years

A female surgeon ties her scrub cap in the operating room.

<乌鸦传媒>Gender Bias in the OR Is a Hazard to Patient Safety

Conflict and toxicity can make teams more prone to errors

TVT over a computer rendering of a transparent heart with the valves highlighted and blood flowing.

<乌鸦传媒>Does COAPT Change the Need to Try Foundational HF Drugs in Functional MR?

Current GDMT titration approach under fire during TVT debate

TVT over a computer rendering of a transparent heart with the valves highlighted and blood flowing.

<乌鸦传媒>After Some Early Successes for Bicuspid TAVR, a Randomized Trial May Be Unlikely

Are observational data on highly selected patients good enough?

FDA APPROVED Tacrolimus (Prograf) over a computer rendering of a lung in a metal dish with surgical tools.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval

No prospective trial offered or required

FDA ADCOMM Transmedics OCS Liver over a photo of the device.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device

Thumbs up on safety and efficacy

A radiologist monitors his patient and interacts with the MRI software at a desk.

<乌鸦传媒>Scarring on an Otherwise Normal Heart: Reassuring Data Emerge

Phenomenon tied to very low burden of major arrhythmic events

A pacemaker is visible beneath the skin of an elderly shirtless man tanning.

<乌鸦传媒>Trouble Looms With Pacemakers After Aortic Valve Replacement

Permanent pacemaker implantation of clinical significance in cohort study

A computer rendering of various types of bariatric surgery

<乌鸦传媒>Vascular Function: Another Benefit of Bariatric Surgery

Macrovascular, microvascular gains accrue for nearly all patient groups

A female professor at a medical college speaks in front of a classroom of students.

<乌鸦传媒>Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem

Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties

A computer rendering of hepatitis B viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>Some Liver Transplant Patients Got Hepatitis B From Donors

Injection drug use may be mostly to blame, researcher says

FDA SAFETY Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) products over a computer rendering of blood platelets and a bag of Hydroxyethyl starch

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders

Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist

A close up of a Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist device

<乌鸦传媒>Skin Rash Should Be a Huge Red Flag for LVAD Recipients, Group Says

New phenomenon suggests perils of not performing biopsy in time

A photo of Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, FL.

<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse

Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing

A computer rendering of a heart constructed of various patched fabrics/materials.

<乌鸦传媒>Regenerative Therapy Makes Headway in HF ... in the Right Patients

Study of autologous skeletal cell-patch implantation in Japan

X-ray and fluoroscopy images of primary sclerosing cholangitis

<乌鸦传媒>Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19

Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says

A computer rendering of a silhouetted man pushing a boulder up a hill.

<乌鸦传媒>Could This Personality Type Crush Burnout for Surgical Residents?

And could residency programs use it as a screening tool?

EASL over a computer rendering of a liver

<乌鸦传媒>Novel Liver Assist Device Safe for Patients With Cirrhosis

Small preliminary trial also shows hints of promising clinical results

<乌鸦传媒>Do 'Robots' Offer Any Clear Surgical Advantage?

Review says no, and Vinay Prasad believes it's a sobering reflection on medical technology

EASL over a computer rendering of a liver

<乌鸦传媒>Liver Fibrosis Linked to Lower Response to COVID Vaccine

Third dose may be needed in this population as well as some transplant patients, says researcher

A computer rendering of a clot retriever removing a clot from a blood vessel

<乌鸦传媒>Should a 'Three Strikes' Rule Apply to Stroke Thrombectomy?

Reconsider forging ahead with repeated clot retrieval attempts, study suggests

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

<乌鸦传媒>Subsys Doc Gets 5 Years; Docs Take Billions From Device Makers; Child Abuse Law

This past week in healthcare investigations

A still of surgeon Jess Ting, MD, meeting with a patient from the documentary 鈥淏orn to Be鈥�

<乌鸦传媒>Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S.

Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight

A photo of Blair Peters, MD

<乌鸦传媒>The Long Overdue Rise of Gender-Affirming Care

Medicine is finally starting to catch up with the times, but there's a long way to go

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