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Mask-wearing cuts new COVID-19 cases by 53%, study says
Social distancing and handwashing were also effective at lowering the number of cases, but wearing masks was the most effective tool against the...
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The neurological super powers of grandma are real
Plus, COVID hits the woods and finger snapping spoils a movie.
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Surgery offers best chance in cancer but needs more ‘support’
“High-quality surgery remains the best chance to cure solid cancer when diagnosed early.”
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Shock, disbelief as NCCN changes prostate cancer guidance
“To suggest for a millisecond that active surveillance isn’t the preferred method for low-risk men is bizarre thinking ... Is this 1980?”
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Early SAVR tops watchful waiting in severe, asymptomatic aortic stenosis: AVATAR
The findings potentially apply to TAVR as much as to surgical aortic valve replacement, say observers about the trial that compared early surgery...
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CABG safe 3 days after stopping ticagrelor: RAPID CABG
A new randomized trial showed similar rates of severe bleeding in patients going to surgery at 3 days and 6 days after stopping the antiplatelet...
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VEST: External sheath for CABG vein grafts shows promise
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Pandemic stresses harder on physician moms than physician dads: Study
Study results suggest that the pandemic has increased gender disparity and added disproportionately to the burden of female physicians.
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Fully endovascular mitral valve replacement a limited success in feasibility study
Although progress in transcatheter mitral valve replacement has been slow compared with TAVR’s rapid ascent, its transition from a transapical to...
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FDA panel slams Endologix response to stent-graft safety issues
The company argued to skeptical advisors that upgrades to its AAA-repair system have already cut any potential endoleak risk, a long-running...
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Texas interventional cardiologist subject of anticompetitive lawsuit
Through threats and coercion, multiple qualified interventional cardiologists who were interested in joining Laredo Physicians Group, and to whom...