Cancer types, Medicaid coverage associated with radiation therapy interruptions
Treatment interruptions have been a long-standing issue with radiation therapy.
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Surgery nonsuperior to medical management alone for intracerebral hemorrhage
The overall treatment benefit of surgery vs. management at 30 days was significantly diminished at 90 and 180 days.
Approaches to holistic obesity treatment and identifying healthful behaviors
At the Cardiometabolic Health Congress, Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, A. C. Mullins Chair in Translational Research, professor of medicine and director of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism and director of the Clinical Research Center at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, provided an overview of holistic behavioral approaches to obesity management via diet, exercise,… Read More
Q&A: Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, discusses the past, present and future of endocrinology
“I’ve always wanted to be a doctor,” Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DSc, this year’s recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award, told Healio.
Effects on blood pressure, heart rate similar with epinephrine nasal spray, autoinjector
Four pooled studies noted similar pharmacodynamic performance for epinephrine delivered via nasal spray or autoinjector, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting. These similarities persisted whether the spray was delivered in opposite nostrils or in the same nostril, Jay A. Lieberman, MD, FACAAI, associate professor, University of… Read More
Outreach program decreases health care resource use among children with asthma
Patients who participated in the program experienced these improvements within a year of enrollment, Christie F. Michael, MD, associate professor in the department of pediatrics at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and colleagues wrote in the report.
Study: Spinal, general anesthesia offer ‘reliable’ same-day discharge for outpatient TJA
Published results showed spinal and general anesthesia were associated with high rates of successful same-day discharge among patients who underwent outpatient total joint arthroplasty at a free-standing ASC. Tyler E. Calkins, MD, and colleagues from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center performed a matched cohort study of data from 105 patients who underwent outpatient TJA with… Read More
Video: Evolution of anaphylaxis guidelines, therapies
The future of anaphylaxis guidelines and treatments are evolving, Jay A. Lieberman, MD, FACAAI, told Healio at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.