' Game Changer ' Data for Vitamin D in Digestive Tract Cancers ' Game Changer ' Data for Vitamin D in Digestive Tract Cancers
New data reveal that vitamin D supplementation in a subgroup of patients with digestive tract cancer who are p53-immunoreactive may reduce their risk of relapse or death.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - August 25, 2023 Category: Surgery Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Early Cholecystectomy Questioned for More Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
(MedPage Today) -- Early -- rather than delayed -- cholecystectomy for adults hospitalized with more severe cases of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) was associated with worse postoperative outcomes, an international study found. Among 378...
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 25, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery Linked to Lower All-Cancer Incidence Among Females
FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 -- Among females, bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence, according to a study published online Aug. 22 in Obesity. Ted D. Adams, Ph.D., M.P.H., from Intermountain Healthcare...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Women Report Breast Size Impacts Ability to Exercise
FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023 -- Breast size can affect women ’s self-reported exercise habits, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Reconstructive Surgery. Claire R. Baxter, from Flinders Medical Centre in Australia, and...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Imperial Valley Doctor Admits Using Unapproved Cosmetic Drugs for Years
FDA OCI, Tien Tan Vo, M.D., doctor, Imperial Valley, guilty plea, foreign, unapproved, misbranded, cosmetic, drugs, Rx, smuggle, Mexico, injectable, botulinum, toxin, lip fillers, “Xeomeen”, Probcel, false, statements,
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - August 25, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: DOJ Source Type: news

Enhanced Drug Distribution Security Requirements Under Section 582(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act--Compliance Policies
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - August 25, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

AHWFB seeks OK for extra $35M to build Winston-Salem ambulatory surgery center approved a decade ago
Wake Forest Baptist filed the original Certificate of Need application in January 2010 for a $38.7 million surgery center, beginning a three-year legal dispute with Novant Health. More than 10 years later, the cost of the project is estimated at at $78.4 million.
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lillian Johnson Source Type: news

Can an AI photo app help diagnose scoliosis?
An AI application that uses smartphone photos to diagnose scoliosis appear...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI algorithm creates x-ray-like images from ultrasound scans Ultrasound could rule out need for x-ray in scoliosis screening Simple steps improve x-ray for spinal surgery New x-ray system may assess adult scoliosis better HSS to evaluate 3D with DR for scoliosis
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 25, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Doctor lauded for COVID testing pleads guilty to selling misbranded cosmetic drugs
A celebrated doctor who tested tens of thousands of people for COVID-19 in the pandemic’s early months in a badly-stricken California desert community has pleaded guilty to misbranding cosmetic drugs
Source: ABC News: Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Cast Immobilization Comparable to Surgery for Distal Radius Fractures in Elderly
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- For older adults, cast immobilization (CI) performs similarly to surgical therapies for distal radius fractures (DRFs) at one year postoperatively, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in the Journal of...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Mohs Found to Confer Survival Benefit in Localized MCC Mohs Found to Confer Survival Benefit in Localized MCC
Mohs micrographic surgery may be more effective than wide local excision as a surgical treatment for localized T1/T2 Merkel cell carcinoma.MDedge News
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - August 24, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news

2016 to 2020 Saw Increase in Gender-Affirming Surgery in U.S.
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 -- From 2019 to 2020, there was a considerable increase in gender-affirming surgery (GAS) procedures in the United States, according to a study published online Aug. 23 in JAMA Network Open. Jason D. Wright, M.D., from...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Comparison of Implant Survival Rates and Biologic and Mechanical Complications with Implant-Supported Fixed Complete Dental Prostheses Using Four and Six Implants
This study aims to compare the incidence of biologic and mechanical complication rates and the survival rates after at least 5 years of implants and implant-supported fixed complete dental prostheses (IFCDPs) placed during second-stage surgery using four and six implants. A total of 77 patients (33 men, 44 women) with a mean age of 60.6 ± 8.8 years (range: 39 to 80 years) were included, and the total of 92 IFCDPs were classified into two groups: 51 received four implants, and 41 received six implants. No implant failed in the four-implant group (0/204), and one implant failed in the six-implant group (1/246), wit...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 24, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Wrong-Eye Surgery Suit; Baby-Killer Nurse's Life Sentence; $1.4B COVID Relief Fraud
(MedPage Today) -- A late South Carolina man's estate alleges that Lowrey King, MD, operated on the wrong eye. The estate of James Sams claims that staff prepared his left eye for a pars plana vitrectomy, but once in the operating room, King operated...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - August 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

NT-proBNP Level in Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment NT-proBNP Level in Preoperative Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
Might NT-proBNP be a more accurate and cost-effective alternative to myocardial perfusion scan for predicting postoperative cardiovascular complications in non-cardiac surgery?BMC Anesthesiology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news

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