Archive: 12/05/2023

Prowess, persistence yield first-anywhere heart procedure

Cardiologists at the UW Medicine Heart Institute recently performed a first-in-the-world procedure, detaching and retrieving a clip device from a patient's mitral valve and placing a replacement biologic valve—all through ...

May 12, 2023

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Physicians push for standard-of-care opioid treatment for incarcerated patients

In a recently published commentary, UK HealthCare physicians call for standard-of-care treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) among patients who are incarcerated.

May 12, 2023

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Accelerated delivery of transcranial magnetic stimulation is safe and effective

Accelerated schedules for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be offered to patients experiencing treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD), a group of clinician–researchers and neuroscientists ...

May 12, 2023

Consumer Health: Does expired sunscreen still work?

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to check the expiration date on last year's sunscreen.

May 12, 2023

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Melanoma misconception: Dark skin tones at risk, too

The myth that people with dark skin are immune to melanoma, a type of skin cancer, has persisted for many years. It's a dangerous misconception that has caused some people not to be diligent about protecting themselves against ...

May 12, 2023

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AI algorithms trained on fundus photographs infer self-reported race

Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained on fundus photographs infer the self-reported race (SRR) of infants, regardless of whether the images contain color, according to a study published online May 4 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

May 12, 2023

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Adoption of probiotics in NICU for very low-birth-weight neonates has limited benefit: Study

For very low-birth-weight (VLBW) neonates, adoption of routine use of probiotics is associated with a reduction in the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), but not in sepsis or death, according to a study published ...

May 12, 2023

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Prevalence of certain bacterial coinfections low for young COVID-19-positive febrile infants

Febrile infants aged 8 to 60 days old who test positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have a low prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI), bacteremia, and bacterial meningitis, according ...

May 12, 2023

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FDA panel recommends approval of first nasal spray to combat severe allergy attacks

Outside advisors for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to recommend approval of Neffy, the first epinephrine nasal spray for severe allergic reactions.

May 12, 2023

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Intra-op liposomal bupivacaine found to be beneficial after spinal fusion in scoliosis

For adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF), intraoperative liposomal bupivacaine (LB) infiltration is associated with lower total opioid consumption and shorter length of stay ...

May 12, 2023

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