Aug 25, 2014

Two recent papers have added more fuel to the debate about whether appendicitis can be managed without surgery. The first paper was a prospective observational study from Italy involving 159 patien...

Aug 22, 2014

Published reports have consistently shown that obesity impairs quality of life (QOL) and can contribute to depression as well as body image dissatisfaction. “Weight loss typically improves most aspe...

Aug 22, 2014

Researchers have developed enhanced recovery pathways (ERP) to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions in colorectal surgery patients. “ERP protocols use a set of standardized pre- and postoperativ...

Aug 22, 2014

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 233,000 new cases and more than 29,000 deaths from prostate cancer in 2014. Although the disease can be serious, most men will not die from it....

Aug 22, 2014

According to recent estimates, just less than 3% of Americans have moderate-to-severe valvular heart disease (VHD), a condition that increases in prevalence with age. The disease affects between 4% an...

Aug 19, 2014

Surgeons and pathologists, is this an accurate depiction of your encounters? Tell us what you think. Source: mjcascio....

Aug 18, 2014

Let's start with an American anesthesiologist now living in Australia has admitted that he was not improperly fired by the University of New South Wales. He has apologized and withdrawn the allegation...

Aug 13, 2014

Since the 1980s, studies have shown that clinicians frequently raise questions during patient encounters in all healthcare settings. These studies have suggested that although questions arise frequent...

Aug 13, 2014

Meet Jim—the character in this Rewind the Future video—he is a man whose life flashes right before his very eyes, unhealthy habits and all. The choices you teach your child today become the habit...

Aug 11, 2014

"Defibrillation, defibrillation, where is the defibrillator? We made a mistake while talking," said a cardiologist when a patient went into ventricular fibrillation during a live broadcast of a percut...

Aug 08, 2014

The overall 5-year survival rates for esophageal cancer are less than 15%. Although esophagectomy has been the traditional gold standard for early stage disease, optimal treatment for localized diseas...

Jul 30, 2014

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and is responsible for more than 600,000 mortalities each year, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics. ...

Jul 28, 2014

A Physician's Weekly post I wrote last December was on the subject of surgeons possible losing proficiency for doing open cases because of the ever-increasing popularity of laparoscopic and other mini...

Jul 25, 2014

As part of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Commission on Cancer (CoC) have developed lists of five...

Jul 24, 2014

From the depths of studying for Step 1 to starting the 4th and final year of medical school, medical students from the University of Maryland School of Medicine chronicle the life of a 3rd year ...

Jul 10, 2014

Research indicates that the adoption of transradial angiography increased 10-fold between 2007 and 2011 in the United States. Randomized and observational studies have suggested that radial access red...

Jul 10, 2014

Despite recent improvements in imaging technology, pathology assessments, and the use of systemic therapy, there is still controversy regarding the optimal margin width in breast-conserving surgery. A...

Jul 10, 2014

Substance use disorders are a serious public health issue, and physicians are not immune to these problems. “Anesthesiologists have long been considered at risk for substance use disorders because o...

Jul 09, 2014

For Healthcare Providers: The immune systems is an exceptionally complex system that is hard to grasp for most patients, and even many of your colleagues. Share this video with your patients to p...

Jun 25, 2014

Several factors contri­bute to the urgency of the antibiotic resistance crisis in the United States. “Discovering the next generation of antibiotics is exceedingly challenging,” says Brad Spellbe...