Latest - Plastic Surgery

• Lectins: Are These Food-Based Proteins Friend or Foe? With limited data or logic to back them up, lectins are now under scrutiny.
  Medscape, August 2018
• Improving Safety After Abdominoplasty A better understanding of the factors implicated in the risk for postoperative complications will help improve outcomes after abdominoplasty.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, August 2018
• Alert NYU to Offer Free Tuition to All Current, Future Med Students The dean of New York University School of Medicine calls it a 'moral imperative' to help students who want to become physicians do so without facing crushing debt.
  News Alerts, August 2018
• Laser Treatment of Vaginal Atrophy: Marketing Before Science   Women who do not find relief from topical hormone products often seek laser treatment, but it has been called 'dangerous and deceptive.'
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, August 2018
• 'Compelling' Regimen for Resectable Advanced-Stage Melanoma   Dr Weber reviews a new trial comparing neoadjuvant and adjuvant dual MEK/BRAF inhibition to standard of care in advanced resectable melanoma.
  Medscape Oncology, August 2018
• 'Lessons Must Be Learned': UK Societies on Bawa-Garba Ruling The UK Court of Appeal decision that will soon allow Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba to return to work was met with relief by most medical societies there; the overwhelming sentiment was 'lessons must be learned.'
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Mayo, Cleveland Clinic Again Lead US News Top Hospitals List MD Anderson Cancer Center holds the number one spot in cancer, the Cleveland Clinic is number one in cardiology and heart surgery, and the Hospital for Special Surgery is number one in orthopedics.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Aquablation May Improve Symptoms in Men With Large Prostates Aquablation, which uses robotically guided waterjets to remove excess prostate tissue, appears to improve lower-urinary-tract symptoms (LUTS) in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and large prostate glands, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Common Prescribing Blunders Dr Douglas Paauw provides a quick reminder of common prescribing blunders that he still sees in his large referral practice.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, August 2018
• Doctors Reckon With High Rate of Suicide in Their Ranks The devastating loss of a promising young doctor prompts soul-searching and action at one of the nation’s largest emergency room staffing companies.
  Kaiser Health News, August 2018
• Lumpectomy Plus RT Tied to Lower Mortality in DCIS Lumpectomy plus radiation is associated with a small but statistically significant reduced risk for breast cancer-related death compared to the other major options for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Eating Raw Veggies Linked to Meningitis From Rat Parasite Rat lungworm infection has spread from Asia to 8 US states. In half the US cases, exposure was via raw vegetables harboring a larval stage of the parasite, which is carried by snails.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Closed Incision NPT in Oncological Breast Surgery How does the use of closed incision negative pressure therapy compare with conventional dressings among patients undergoing oncological breast surgery?
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), August 2018
• Do You Discuss Cost of Care With Your Patients? Patients aren't the only ones in the dark over the cost of medical care.
  Medscape Reader Polls, August 2018
• Not Too Low, Not Too High: Optimal Fluid Volume During Surgery Dr Lowenfels comments on a study that examined the relationship between intraoperative fluid administration and postoperative outcomes in surgical patients.
  Medscape General Surgery, August 2018
• Paratek Antibiotic Noninferior to Current Treatments-FDA Staff Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc's new antibiotic for bacterial pneumonia and skin infections is not inferior to current treatments, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers said on Monday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Pre-Op Vismodegib May Spare Eye, Reduce Disfigurement in Basal-Cell Carcinoma Treating periocular basal-cell carcinoma with vismodegib before surgery may reduce the size of the tumor, make the surgery less disfiguring and help preserve the eye, according to a single-center study.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Texas Surgeon Gets 10 Years for Sexually Assaulting Patient The sports medicine specialist was sentenced for assaulting a woman during steroid injections and had sex with at least two patients, according to a medical board complaint.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Dermal Filler Linked to Patient Death in Rio de Janeiro A Brazilian physician known as 'Dr Butt' has been accused of injecting a large amount of polymethyl-methacrylate into the buttocks of a patient during at procedure at his own apartment.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Women in White Coats: Stories From the Heart Hard-earned advice from women physicians to their younger colleagues.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 2018