Alfentanil-remimazolam shortens emergence time versus fentanyl-remimazolam in first-trimester abortion anesthesia
A Gentler Anesthesia Lets You Wake Up Faster After Surgery
A randomized trial in 120 patients undergoing first-trimester surgical abortion found that alfentanil-remimazolam led to shorter emergence a…
For common outpatient surgeries, a tweak in anesthesia drugs could mean a smoother, faster wake-up with fewer involuntary movements.
Thoracic spine manipulation improves pain and function in patients with neck pain compared to sham or alternative treatments
A Simple Back Adjustment Can Ease Your Stiff Neck in Minutes
This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials involving 1,100 participants evaluated thoracic spine manipulation (TSM) versus sham inte…
A simple upper-back adjustment can quickly reduce neck pain and help you move your head more freely, according to new research.
Booster CPR training improves some skill retention in novice nurses at 6 months
A Simple Training Tweak Could Save More Hospital Cardiac Arrests
A quasi-experimental study of 148 novice nurses compared single baseline CPR training to training with a 3-month booster.
For new nurses learning CPR, how you train matters far more than how often you retrain in the short term.
Rapamycin therapy reduced infections and lymph node size in a female child with APDS1
Neck Mass Was Not Cancer, It Was This Rare Condition
This case report describes a single female patient with Activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome type I (APDS1) who received rapam…
A rare genetic immune disorder caused a neck mass mistaken for cancer, ending years of failed treatments for recurrent lung infections and s…
Meta-analysis finds noninvasive electrical stimulation improves pain and function in knee osteoarthritis
Electric Stimulation Eases Knee Pain
A meta-analysis of 1,137 participants with knee osteoarthritis found that noninvasive electrical stimulation (NIES) demonstrated significant…
Safe electrical devices help older adults with knee pain move better and feel less pain without needing surgery.
Preoperative femoral nerve block reduces rebound pain after knee arthroplasty versus postoperative block
Give Nerve Block Before Surgery To Stop Pain
In an RCT of 186 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, preoperative femoral nerve block with ropivacaine reduced rebound pain inciden…
Getting a pain-numbing shot before knee surgery cuts rebound pain in half, helps patients sleep better, and reduces the need for strong pain…
China's rehabilitation needs for neurological disorders increased significantly from 1990 to 2021
A Silent Wave of Disability is Rising. Here’s Who’s Most at Risk
This cross-sectional analysis of data from China between 1990 and 2021 examined rehabilitation needs for ten neurological conditions, includ…
China faces a rising wave of neurological disability driven by aging, with stroke, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's creating urgent long-term ca…
ESD achieves R0 resection for large rectal intramucosal carcinoma involving dentate line in case report
Imagine a large, pre-cancerous growth in the most sensitive part of your rectum. Removing it used to mean major, life-altering surgery. But a new report shows a different path is possible
A case report describes a 70-year-old male with altered bowel habits who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection for a large rectal tumor…
Doctors successfully removed a large, tricky rectal tumor with a minimally invasive technique, preserving the patient's natural bowel functi…
Untargeted urinary proteomics identifies dysregulated biomarkers in women with endometrial cancer versus controls
New Urine Test Could Spot Endometrial Cancer Early
This case–control study evaluated untargeted label-free LC-MS/MS mass spectrometric approaches combined with bioinformatics in 40 women (20 …
A new urine test analyzes hundreds of proteins to spot endometrial cancer early without invasive biopsies.
Guideline reviews perioperative immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma after resection or ablation
A New Strategy Emerges to Stop Liver Cancer From Coming Back
A guideline reviews perioperative immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma after resection or ablation.
Doctors are finding smarter ways to use the body’s own immune system around the time of surgery to give patients with liver cancer a better …
Biological DMARDs show marginal patient-reported outcome benefits over conventional therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis
Early rheumatoid arthritis patients report similar symptom relief with different treatment approaches
This open-label randomized trial in 795 newly diagnosed, DMARD-naïve RA patients compared three biological DMARDs plus methotrexate against …
In early rheumatoid arthritis, patients reported similar pain relief and quality-of-life improvements whether they started with conventional…
Anifrolumab shows higher remission rates versus placebo in SLE patients regardless of immunosuppressant history
A New Lupus Drug May Work Better If You Start It Sooner
A post hoc analysis of pooled Phase 3 RCT data in 726 patients with moderate-to-severe SLE found higher DORIS remission rates with anifrolum…
Starting a new lupus drug before trying older medications may help patients reach remission faster and with fewer side effects.