March 14, 2024 Neurosurgery After risky spine surgery the surgeon told her not to plan any travel. Here’s what happened when she didn’t listen. This story does not represent the average patient nor does it contain sufficient information to understand the injuries she sustained.
March 13, 2024 Dermatology The social media influencers peddling and promoting the ‘Sephora kids’ fad/obsession with skin care products to young children and tweens are acting like child predators.
March 12, 2024 Clinical Research Phase 2b study shows that single dose of LSD variant provides immediate and lasting relief from anxiety in about half of the study group compared to controls at 12 weeks post administration.
March 11, 2024 Cardiology Unless I am missing something, I have ethical concerns about the EpiDose study because people cannot give verbal or written consent to participate.
March 9, 2024 Cardiology Diet drinks may boost risk of dangerous heart condition by 20%, study says. Can we please stop the reporting of food-questionnaire-extrapolate-the-data-towards-meaningless-non-causal-relationships stories that have zero impact on clinical practice?
March 5, 2024 Prevention and Screening Prostate cancer screening is not as clear cut as we would like it to be. In the end, a frank discussion about the risks and benefits using the available evidence will allow the patient to decide if they wish to pursue this option.
March 4, 2024 Bioengineering Growing organs (almost) from scratch. Caveats abound but research is trying to address these.
March 1, 2024 Cancer/Oncology One hospital’s push to bring genetic cancer testing to more Black women