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Enhanced navigation shortens time until guideline-adherent, postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) among patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) compared with standard navigation, according to a study.

A flat 0° head positioning before thrombectomy was associated with a significantly less risk for early neurologic deterioration and all-cause mortality than a conventional 30° head elevation in adults with large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, a new study showed.

We’ve long known that migraine is an insidious disease. Patients with a variety of existing illnesses — atopic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, and sleep and/or psychiatric disorders — are at a risk for migraine.

Much has been written about the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to substitute for actual physicians. I have railed against this proposition, arguing that our caring, curiosity, and humanity more than compensate for what we lack in data storage and processing power.

Increased travel and migration are likely associated with recent outbreaks of Candida auris in the United States, based on data from a study of simulated travel patterns.

Despite her specialized focus on treating lymphoid malignancies, Suchitra Sundaram, MD, said that she feels most driven by the diversity of her experiences caring for patients and researching subtypes of disease.

State and local public health officials in Kansas are responding to a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Kansas City area, where approximately 70 patients are being treated for active disease, according to a press release from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE’s) Division of Public Health.