Patients 80 years or older undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have similar odds of complications compared with 65- to 79-year-old patients, an analysis of more than 1.7 million cases suggests. Priscilla Varghese, MBA, MS, and an MD candidate at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York, led the research, presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons […]

Many breast cancer survivors deal with lingering symptoms of fatigue and sleep disturbances long after their cancer has gone into remission. “My patients were tired during the day, but they didn’t sleep well at night,” said Horng-Shiuann Wu, an associate professor in the College of Nursing. “I noticed that fatigue and sleep disturbance were closely related; they negatively affect cancer […]

Thought LeadersDr. Michael LauzardoAssociate Professor of Medicine; Deputy Director Of Emerging Pathogens InstituteUniversity of Florida Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com How have you seen the diagnosis, treatment, and management of TB change over your career? Absolutely. I've seen a lot of changes in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of TB, especially over the last ten years, where for the first time […]

A lead investigator in the criminal case against former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught testified Wednesday that state investigators found Vanderbilt University Medical Center had a “heavy burden of responsibility” for a grievous drug error that killed a patient in 2017, but pursued penalties and criminal charges only against the nurse and not the hospital itself. Vaught, 38, was stripped of […]

"RED-S syndrome is characterized by low energy availability. This happens when athletes eat too little compared with the energy they expend when exercising. In women, the absence of menstruation has been a clear sign of this, but men do not have an equally clear indicator", explains Thomas Birkedal Stenqvist. RED-S stands for 'Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport'. Previously it was […]

What's the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest? We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info In his 2014 autobiography titled If The Cap Fits: My […]

The study covered in this summary was published in Research Square as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways For patients with subacute stroke, assessing cognitive function at admission may be useful for predicting home discharge. There is a significant association between Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and home discharge for stroke patients. Why This Matters […]

Focal cortical dysplasia is a malformation of the cerebral cortex associated with one of the most severe types of epilepsy. Treatment is difficult owing to a lack of effective drugs or access to surgery. A new human model developed by researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, using organoids cultured from patients’ cells […]

Dr Zoe says walking can reduce risk of dementia We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The ongoing war against dementia is set to intensify in coming […]

Researchers from The University of New Mexico and University of Pittsburgh say health care practitioners should consider the empathic and nonconfrontational approach of motivational interviewing—to help patients explore and resolve COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy or uncertainty. They say motivational interviewing has been successfully in helping change other health-related behaviors such as quitting smoking and drugs, managing diabetes and decreasing general vaccine […]