ASA Achieves Historic Legislative Win of Monumental Proportions!
We helped secure enactment of H.R. 6331—aMedicare bill that includes an immediate positiveMedicare payment update and a permanentfix to the Medicare AnesthesiologyTeaching Rule, beginning in 2010!
Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication May Prove Effective for GERD
Transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) provides safe and durable antireflux therapy in a canine model, according to a report in the July Annals of Surgery.
Psychiatrists Shift Away From Providing Psychotherapy
A declining number of office-based psychiatrists in the United States are providing psychotherapy, according to results from a national 10-year survey.
FDA Extends Consumer Warning on Serrano Peppers from Mexico
Laboratory testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that both a sample of serrano pepper and a sample of irrigation water collected by agency investigators on a farm in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico (business address is in Nuevo Leon, Mexico) contain Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint as the strain […]
Almost All Articles On Cancer Prognostic Markers Report Statistically Significant Results
Almost All Articles On Cancer Prognostic Markers Report Statistically Significant Results: Commentary from F1000 Kyzas PA, Denaxa-Kyza D, Ioannidis JPEur J Cancer 2007 Nov 43(17):2559-79 Commentary from Faculty Member Willi SauerbreiThis is a landmark review illustrating the severity of reporting bias in prognostic marker research.
Calcitonin Measurement in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules in the United States
Calcitonin Measurement in the Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules in the United States: Commentary from F1000 Cheung K, Roman SA, Wang TS, Walker HD, Sosa JA J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008 Jun 93(6):2173-80 Commentary from Faculty Member Furio Pacini with Stefania Marchisotta Changes Clinical Practice: Physicians in the USA should screen patients with thyroid nodules […]
Eradicating H. pylori Reduces Risk for Gastric Cancer Recurrence
A Japanese study of patients with early gastric cancer shows that eradicating the bacteria Helicobacter pylori after surgery greatly reduces the risk of gastric cancer developing again. This adds to data from previous studies showing a causal relation between H. pylori infection and gastric cancer, and supports eradicating H. pylori to prevent gastric cancer, say […]
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery May Allow Incisionless Operations
Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) allows for appendectomy through the mouth as well as for other procedures through natural orifices without making abdominal incisions, although laparoscopic assistance is used as a precautionary measure. This advance in minimally invasive surgery was showcased last week at the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research's (NOSCAR) […]
Risk of Infection, Death From MRSA Persists in Long-Term Carriers
People who harbor methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for more than 1 year remain at substantial risk of MRSA-related illness or death, according to a single-center retrospective cohort study published in the July 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Targeted Exercise Improves Function, Lessens Pain in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors
Progressive resistance exercise training following surgery helps reduce upper extremity pain and dysfunction in certain head and neck cancer survivors, according to Canadian researchers.
