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Does continuity of care affect outcomes after arthroplasty?
“Their main message quantified what many of us in health care already sense is true: That patients do benefit when there’s somebody, specifically...
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Unique twin study sheds new light on TBI and risk of cognitive decline
“We know that TBI increases the risk of dementia in later life, but we haven’t known if TBI affects cognitive function, causes cognitive decline...
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FDA panel split on efficacy of Spyral renal denervation system
The Symplicity Spyral system provides a catheter-based approach to denervate the renal arteries using radiofrequency energy.
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ReCor renal denervation system safe, effective: FDA panel
Data from all three trials showed a significant drop in blood pressure with the device compared with pharmacologic therapy, but after 2 months of...
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Revised presentation of obesity may reduce internalized bias
Telling patients and doctors that obesity is a chronic disease driven by biology, not a failure of willpower, is going to reduce stigma.
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Obesity cardiomyopathy tied to sudden cardiac death
“A lot has been made of the obesity paradox and the perhaps benign nature of obesity but this paper suggests the opposite.”
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Statins post PCI: Moderate intensity plus ezetimibe may be preferable
“If given the choice, if you can get the benefits from a cardiovascular perspective with a lower risk of diabetes, it makes sense to use the...
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Invasive test may cut health care costs related to angina without obstructive CAD
“The concept is good; the only challenge is that this is a complicated set of manipulations in the cath lab to get to the results.”
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Progesterone might benefit women in perimenopause
The best management for symptoms in perimenopause is an often-neglected topic of research.
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Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibody offers relief from migraine and comorbid depression
“If the patient has migraine and depression and you treat with fremanezumab, both disorders get better to a statistically significant degree.”
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Can a puff of cool air up the nose stop acute migraine?
Most patients reported relief of their symptoms after receiving 15 minutes of transnasal evaporative cooling, without any need for rescue...
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Syncope not associated with increased risk for car crash
“This study doesn’t say there’s no relationship between syncope and subsequent crash, just that our current practices, including current driving...
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Guide explains nonsurgical management of major hemorrhage
Bleeding affects everybody in medicine, from family doctors in smaller institutions who work in emergency departments to obstetricians and...
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Frequent visits to green spaces linked to lower use of some meds
Finnish city dwellers who often visited green spaces, such as parks and community gardens, used fewer psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma...