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New guideline for in-hospital care of diabetes says use CGMs
Patients with diabetes or newly recognized hyperglycemia get admitted to every patient service in the hospital, and their glycemic management can...
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‘My malpractice insurance doubled!’ Why, when fewer patients are suing?
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Collagen ‘tile’ delivers postsurgical radiation in glioblastoma
If replicated in larger trials, GT therapy “could define a new standard of care, and there would really be no reason why patients shouldn’t get...
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Harmony pulmonary valve update: Regurgitation resolved 1 year out
The Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve has been shown to largely resolve severe pulmonary regurgitation without endocarditis after a year.
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Data concerns mount despite ISCHEMIA substudy correction
A second correction is forthcoming, and cardiac surgeons are calling for full disclosure of the trial’s coronary artery disease severity data for...
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CTO PCI success rates rising, with blip during COVID-19, registry shows
Updated results from the PROGRESS-CTO registry of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary angioplasty cases reports improving outcomes over...
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Stem cell transplants could be ‘transformational’ in type 1 diabetes
A second patient who received Vertex’s VX-880 has experienced glycemic improvements, while the first one is completely insulin independent.
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Women are not being warned that anesthetic may reduce birth pill efficacy
“Use of sugammadex is expected to rise as it becomes cheaper in the future, and ensuring that women receiving this medicine are aware it may...
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Surgical site infections not increased in immunocompromised patients after Mohs surgery
Mohs surgery is increasingly being performed for patients who are immunosuppressed because of their higher incidence of skin cancer and higher...
From the Journals
Bariatric surgery cuts risk of developing and dying from cancer
“The magnitude of the benefit was very large and dose-dependent.”
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Mohs surgery in the elderly: The dilemma of when to treat
“The take-home point for me is to treat your whole patient, not just the tumor.”