Medical News Today There is no link between statin use and memory impairment, researchers have concluded, after evaluating effects of the cholesterol-lowering drugs over 6 years in more than 1,000 older people in Australia. A team from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), both in Sydney, Australia, […]
Read MoreAuthor: ARILYNN MARCHIONE Time People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bott-Kitslaar DM et al. Mayo Clin Proc 2019 Jul In an observational study of patients with venous thromboembolism, short-term rates of recurrence and major bleeding were similar with the two drugs. The most widely prescribed direct-acting oral anticoagulants in the U.S., apixaban and rivaroxaban, have not been compared head-to-head in randomized trials. In this observational […]
Read MoreAuthor: Scott Clarke, MD Anesthesiology News The Frost Series #353 Case Description A 34-year-old, 92-kg gravida 1 para 0 woman with no significant medical history presented to the labor and delivery unit at 39 weeks’ gestation after spontaneous rupture of membranes. Episodes of prolonged fetal bradycardia were detected on the fetal monitor, and prolapsed umbilical cord […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ethan Covey Anesthesiology News A single-use flexible laryngeal mask proved to be a safe alternative airway device for use in pediatric adenotonsillectomy, and it appears to reduce OR time, according to a new study. “Flexible—or armored—supraglottic airway devices have been successfully used in patients undergoing adenotonsillectomies for many years in other countries,” said Amy […]
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