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Antibiotics Inferior to Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Kids

— Treatment failure rate at 1 year reached 34% with antibiotics versus 7% with appendectomy

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Opinion
Independent Surgeons Are Disappearing. Here's Why That Matters.

Private practices offer personalized care, expanded access, and physician autonomy

Jan 18, 2025
One Racial Group Is Less Likely to Go Through With Bariatric Surgery

No disparity emerges, though, in discussing weight-loss surgery with a healthcare provider

Jan 16, 2025
Do Stressed Out Surgeons Have Better or Worse Patient Outcomes?

Study's unexpected findings have parallels to observations in elite athletes

Jan 16, 2025
Pope Injured; Dietitian Defends Ultraprocessed Foods; Woman Dies Midflight

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Jan 16, 2025
Do Stressed Out Surgeons Have Better or Worse Patient Outcomes?

Study's unexpected findings have parallels to observations in elite athletes

Pope Injured; Dietitian Defends Ultraprocessed Foods; Woman Dies Midflight

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

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Surgical Patient's Face Catches Fire; Drug Prices Up; Slime at Boar's Head Plant

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Jan 15, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Opinion
Here's What It Will Take to Grow HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Transplant Access

Updated federal regulations are an essential step, but more work remains

Jan 14, 2025
A photo of surgeons performing a kidney transplant.
Top FDA Official Exits; SCOTUS Takes Up Obamacare Case; Texas Doc Suspended

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Jan 13, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Insurers Limit Coverage of Prosthetic Limbs, Questioning Their Medical Necessity

To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination

Jan 11, 2025
 A photo of a man with a prosthetic leg lying on a bed and using a laptop.
FDA Panel Backs Injection for Leg Pain Caused by Herniated Discs

Evidence supports narrow indication for intervertebral injections of condoliase, advisors say

Jan 10, 2025
FDA ADCOMM condoliase (Hernicore) over a photo of a syringe pointing at a lumbar disk hernia.
Operative Vaginal Delivery Riskier at Lower Volume Hospitals

Hospital experience is connected to a range of obstetric and neonatal outcomes

Jan 09, 2025
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Hospital Indicted for Fraud; HHS Advice for RFK Jr.; Matt Damon Joins Debt Effort

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Jan 09, 2025
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Women's Disadvantage on Lung Transplant Waitlists May Be a More Global Problem

French study extends U.S. findings of disparities in organ access

Jan 08, 2025
A photo of surgeons preparing lungs for transplant.
Mutation Clearance After Transplant Linked to Better Outcomes in Myelofibrosis

Study suggests that driver mutation monitoring could become standard practice, researcher says

Jan 08, 2025
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Headlines About Doc Who 'Catches' Patient's Cancer Are Popping Up Again

News outlets run stories based on 30-year-old case report of accidental cancer transplantation

Jan 07, 2025
A computer rendering of cancer cells in the blood.
Opinion
Bodies Into Other Bodies

A patient's perspective on transplantation and time

Jan 07, 2025
A photo of a surgeon holding a kidney for transplant.
Opinion
How AI Could Help Solve the Global Blood Shortage Crisis

"Blood deserts" can benefit from high-tech solutions

Jan 07, 2025
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Opinion
Don't Be a Jerk in a Donor OR

It is a privilege to work as a guest in another facility

Jan 05, 2025
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Worse Outcomes After Esophagectomy at Private Equity-Owned Hospitals

Structural elements of private equity ownership linked to higher mortality, complication rates

Jan 02, 2025
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