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With Preliminary Win for DOAC, Sights Set on Supplanting DAPT After LAA Closure

— First randomized trial sets the stage for larger, more definitive studies

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Doctors Play 'Never Have I Ever'

YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, on sleeping through a page, placing an IV, and dirty needle sticks

May 18, 2023
Weekly Exercise May Help Reduce Flu, Pneumonia Deaths

Benefit observed even in adults with levels of aerobic activity below guideline recommendations

May 17, 2023
Probiotic Use in NICUs Shows Some Benefits in Newborns With Very Low Birth Weight

Even with reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, adoption is slow across the U.S.

May 12, 2023
Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier

Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters

May 11, 2023
Probiotic Use in NICUs Shows Some Benefits in Newborns With Very Low Birth Weight

Even with reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, adoption is slow across the U.S.

Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier

Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters

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AI and the Safe Surgery Checklist

Atul Gawande on doctors and AI working together to improve equitable healthcare

May 09, 2023
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Racial Disparities Linked to Length of Sepsis and Respiratory Failure Stays

Black patients had longer admissions compared with their white counterparts, study finds

May 08, 2023
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Molnupiravir and Long COVID; Shortness of Breath After COVID Infection

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May 06, 2023
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Lower BP Might Mean Less Cardiac Conduction Disease

SPRINT post hoc analysis suggests a means for prevention

May 03, 2023
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Case Builds Against Beta-Blockers Beyond First Year After Heart Attack

Do they still have a role for people without heart failure or LV systolic dysfunction?

May 02, 2023
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Botanical Product Reduces Sepsis Mortality in Chinese Trial

But path to FDA approval for Xuebijing infusion unlikely with these data alone, say editorialists

May 01, 2023
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Trial: Functional Scoring a Better Guide to Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Tx

NIH trial affirms benefit of increasingly popular approach to get babies home sooner

Apr 30, 2023
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More Efforts Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance, Lawmakers Told

Witnesses at House hearing push for new drugs and tests, and more infectious disease docs

Apr 28, 2023
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Sketchy Benefits With Corticosteroids Persist in Children's Heart Surgery

An updated meta-analysis of the controversial practice shows no definite answers

Apr 28, 2023
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FDA OKs First Poop-Based Oral Therapy

Vowst approved for preventing recurrent C. difficile infections after antibiotics

Apr 27, 2023
FDA APPROVED Vowst over a microscope image of C. difficile bacteria.
Bacterial Outbreak Kills Four; 'COVID War' Lessons; Health Alert on Meat Soups

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

Apr 27, 2023
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Small Towns Edge Out Big Cities in Firearm Death Rates, Study Shows

Variance mostly due to increase in gun suicides in rural counties

Apr 26, 2023
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Opinion
Atul Gawande on the Importance of Palliative Care

A "scandal" that routine care doesn't include talks about larger life goals, says surgeon-writer

Apr 25, 2023
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The Worst Redo Option After TAVR?

Choose the first procedure wisely, because repeats have mortality implications, researchers say

Apr 24, 2023
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