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Surgeons perform hernia repair with polypropylene mesh

Can Lighter-Weight Mesh Cut Pain in Open Ventral Hernia Repair?

Head-to-head trial pits medium-weight polypropylene meshes against heavy-weight mesh

A male physician in white coat holds up a HELP WANTED sign.

More Than a Nursing Shortage: A 'Skills Gap', Too

Health systems grapple with a widening skills gap as seasoned nurses leave the field

A gold laurel wreath over a gold tinted photo of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.

For the First Time, Top College Rankings Include Undergrad Nursing Programs

The inaugural list from U.S. News & World Report

Triplet Therapy Proves Safe in Resectable Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Atezolizumab add-on offers promising outcomes in phase I trial

Durable Response with Immunotherapy Combos in NSCLC with Brain Metastases

Analysis of CheckMate 9LA data and phase II study from Spain offer hope in advanced disease

Four physicians make demands of a weary young female nurse.

The LMNOPs of Caring for the Nursing Workforce

Healthcare systems can do more to prevent staff burnout

SAGES over an image of the human digestive system.

Hernia Surgery Went Well. Then Why Did the Patient Regret Having It?

Researchers seek answers to baffling question

Kristina Christensen, RN.

'Forced to Lie': Med Titration Standards Put Critical Care Nurses on Shaky Ground

Survey finds nurses feeling "moral distress" at "profoundly unrealistic" standards

Closeup of a nurse holding the hand of a dying patient.

Hospital Visitation Restrictions Are Hurting Patients and Nurses

New protocols and COVID mitigation techniques can enable safe visitation

SAGES over an image of the human digestive system.

'What Goes Up, Must Come Down'

You might be surprised at what turns up in patients' rectums, unless you're an ED doc

The Cost of Compassion Fatigue During COVID

Jessi Gold talks about how healthcare professionals can help themselves while helping others

ESC over a perspective view of a heartbeat on a vital signs monitor.

ADT Options for Prostate Cancer Come Out Even for Heart Safety

But low enrollment brought PRONOUNCE trial to an early close

ESC over a perspective view of a heartbeat on a vital signs monitor.

One Month of DAPT Reasonable in Patients at High Bleeding Risk

MASTER DAPT trial included "all-comer HBR population," but results were with one specific stent

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U.S. Healthcare Groups Urge Approval of International Nurse Immigration

As nursing shortages grow amid the pandemic, some apply pressure to the State Department

A photo of Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA

Mental Health: The New 'Coming Out' in Medicine

Openness about challenges with anxiety, depression can help fight the stigma

A thoughtful young female nurse sits on the end of a hospital bed and rests her chin on her hand.

Bullying Impedes Clinical Training for Nurse Anesthetists

"When you are walking on eggshells, you're less focused on learning"

Close-up of bottles of COVID-19 vaccine.

Bell's Palsy After COVID Vaccines Still Very Rare

New study looks at Pfizer, CoronaVac shots in Hong Kong

Rebrand of Nurse Anesthetists Met With Criticism From Physician Group

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

A male physician looks over the chart of his male patient who is asleep in a hospital bed in a darkened room.

Medicine Doesn't Stop at the Bedside

Medical organizations and physicians should play an active role in advancing positive change

A close up of a stethoscope being held and worn by a young Black nurse.

Why Are There So Few People of Color in Nursing?

Panel discusses how to diversify the workforce

Boxes of Prilosec (omeprazole) and Prevacid (lansoprazole) over a computer rendering of inflamed intestines.

Proton Pump Inhibitors and IBD: What's the Link?

Use tied to "modest" increase in risk for ulcerative colitis, Crohn's in observational studies

A computer rendered colonoscope image of polyps in the intestine

Colonoscopy Obstacles for Vulnerable Patients After an Abnormal FIT

Some factors cited by staff at safety net health systems could be modifiable

A gold laurel wreath over a photo of Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD

Here Are This Year's Top Nursing Schools

The latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report

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Roche, Abbott COVID Antigen Tests Just So-So in Real-World Data

"Unsatisfactory" for screening asymptomatic people, say German lab professionals

A nurse wearing a protective mask and hair covering making a fist to the camera.

For So Long, I Put Up With the Abuse

The poor treatment of nurses by patients and hospitals needs to change

A series of images depicting the journey from substance abuse to completion of treatment.

Nurse Rehabilitation Programs: Why Is Enrollment So Low?

Some big states' annual new enrollment in confidential rehab dips to single digits

A series of images depicting the journey from substance abuse to completion of treatment.

Lawyers Advertise to Nurses: Think Twice About State Rehab Programs

Attorneys charge that programs can be aggressive, costly, and not in the nurse's favor

A photo of Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA

Racism in Medicine Is Alive and Well

Are you a part of the problem or will you be part of the solution?

A computer rendering of a transparent body with the large intestine highlighted in red.

Two Ulcerative Colitis Biologics: Same Clinical Difference?

One may have additional clinical benefits, post-hoc analysis suggested

A Department of Veterans Affairs placard on the building exterior in Washington DC.

AMA, Physician Groups Slam VA's Planned Standards of Practice Changes

Lack of transparency criticized

A young female nurse writes notes during a home visit to her mature male patient, both are wearing protective masks.

Bring House Calls Into the 21st Century

The pandemic highlighted the benefits of home health services for a range of patient populations

A photo of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital next to a photo of Susan Kryhoski

NewYork-Presbyterian Sued for Allegedly Ignoring Child Sexual Abuse

Former patient says anorexia specialist Joseph Silverman abused her when she was 11

Two urine sample containers, one full, one empty.

Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary

Abundance of caution is way overdone, researchers suggest

An artist鈥檚 rendition of akathisia, a motion-blurred man with his hands flying about his head.

Naloxone Rebound Akathisia: It Could Turn on You

The rise in opioid overdoses warrants a review of the symptoms of akathisia

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Join Me in the Fight Against COVID-19 Misinformation

Do the right thing for society

FDA APPROVED casirivimab and imdevimab (REGEN-COV) over a computer rendering of COVID-19 viruses in aerosol & a masked person

Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Authorized for Post-COVID Exposure

REGEN-COV becomes first monoclonal antibody treatment with EUA following exposure alone

AAIC over a computer rendering of phosphorylation of tau proteins leading to disintegration of microtubuli in a neuron axon

Driving Patterns Pinpoint Early Alzheimer's Disease

Subtle shifts in on-road behavior suggest GPS-based biomarkers may have merit

Throngs of tourists wander down Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA.

CDC Alarmed: 74% of Cases in Cape Cod Cluster Were Among the Vaxxed

More detail about outbreak in vaccinated people that led to the change in masking, test guidance

A green check mark on a physician in white coat and business attire next to a red X on a physician in white coat and scrubs

Survey: Look Like a Doc to Be Treated as One

White coats still reign supreme, but that's not the end of the story

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

Third Dose a Charm in Israel? Door-to-Door 'Goons'; Cervids Catch COVID, Too!

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