By 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 […]
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