June 13, 2025

Weight Loss Drugs Show Promise for Heart Failure

ACC statement highlights semaglutide and tirzepatide as therapies associated with improved symptoms and functional capacity in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obesity.

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June 13, 2025

Endoscopic Sinus Surgery Speeds Recovery

A retrospective study comparing endoscopic and traditional open sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps found shorter operative times, fewer complications, and improved outcomes associated with the endoscopic technique.

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June 10, 2025

Can Gallbladder Surgery Cut Risk and Costs?

A national study of older adults with multimorbidity found that surgery for acute cholecystitis reduced readmissions, emergency visits, and long-term costs compared to non-operative treatment.

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June 09, 2025

EHR Prompts Cut Antibiotic Use by 35%

A 92-hospital trial found that simple prompts in electronic health records helped reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in low-risk abdominal infection cases—without increasing ICU stays or length of hospitalization.

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June 09, 2025

Emergency Surgery? One Frailty Score Leads

A national study of 1.38 million emergency general surgery cases found that one frailty scoring system predicted mortality and complications more accurately than others.

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May 28, 2025

Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

"We're probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and those other journals because they're all corrupt."

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May 22, 2025

Voices on the Go: Top Podcasts for Physicians

Physicians are tuning to podcasts that combine clinical insight, career development, and storytelling.

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May 20, 2025

ICU Sedation Economics: A $1 Difference

Study finds dexmedetomidine, clonidine, and propofol have comparable cost-effectiveness for critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation.

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May 19, 2025

No-Touch Technique May Improve CABG Graft Outcomes

A large study of 2,655 CABG patients found that using the no-touch technique to harvest vein grafts significantly reduced blockage, heart attacks, and repeat procedures over three years.

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