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I wanted to share I thought it was interesting. By Maria Cohut Medical News Today A recent study warns that women with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, sometimes called “bad cholesterol,” may face an increased risk of bleeding stroke. Women with low LDL cholesterol levels may be more at risk of bleeding stroke, new research […]
Read MoreBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE Source: AP Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they’re alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that’s been linked to frequent head blows. Experimental scans found higher levels of an abnormal protein tied to the disease in a study of former National Football League players […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Brazilian Study Likely Not Translatable To U.S. Experience By the end of their residency, young anesthesiologists might be entering the workforce with an unexpected byproduct of their training: genetic damage. A team of Brazilian researchers has concluded that physicians exposed to high concentrations of inhalational anesthetics demonstrate increases in genetic […]
Read MoreBy Jamie Eske Medical News Today The term headache disorder encompasses a wide variety of nervous system conditions that cause painful symptoms in the head. Headache disorders include headaches and migraine. Most people experience a headache at one point in their lives. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), headache disorders affect an estimated 50 percent of adults around […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Vlessides Anesthesiology News Intraoperative handovers between anesthesia providers are associated with adverse postoperative outcomes, and these effects are worsened when handovers occur among less experienced practitioners or during longer surgeries. “A recently published study concluded that handovers are associated with adverse outcomes,” said Paul Rostin, cand.med., a medical student now at Christian-Albrechts University […]
Read MoreThe American College of Physicians offers a guideline for breast cancer screening in asymptomatic, average-risk women in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Here are the four main recommendations for clinicians: For women aged 40 to 49, discuss mammography’s benefits and risks. For most women, the potential harms outweigh the benefits. Between ages 50 and 74, offer […]
Read MoreAuthor: Thomas Rosenthal Anesthesiology News The innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) provided care to patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) that was similar to that of the Baltimore hospital’s traditional, specialty Neuro-Critical Care Unit (NCCU), according to a new study. The CCRU also enabled a more […]
Read MoreKarol E. Watson, MD, PhD, FACC reviewing Krumholz HM et al. JAMA Netw Open 2019 Mar 1 But geographical areas with greater financial burdens show less improvement. How much have treatments and outcomes for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) changed among older patients in the U.S.? To assess recent trends, investigators analyzed Medicare data from 1995 through 2014, during which […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Daniel CArr et al Neurosurgical Focus Volume 46 (2019) Issue 4 April 2019 OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare total cost and length of stay (LOS) between spine surgery patients enrolled in an enhanced perioperative care (EPOC) pathway and patients receiving traditional perioperative care (TRDC). METHODS All spine surgery candidates were […]
Read MoreReuters Electrical brain stimulation using a non-invasive cap can help boost older people’s mental scores to those of people 20 to 30 years younger, according to a study published on Monday. The research, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that age-related decline in working memory can be reversed by stimulating two key brain areas […]
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