OSHA Comes in for Both Praise and Harsh Criticism at House Hearing
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came in for blistering criticism from House Republicans at a hearing Wednesday, as Democrats defended the agency’s work in the face of underfunding. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Education & the Workforce Committee’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee, started the hearing by mentioning that OSHA head Douglas […]
Chatbots Not Always Reliable for Cancer Treatment Advice
Chatbots had mixed results when it came to providing direct-to-patient cancer-related advice and treatment strategies for a wide variety of cancers, according to two studies in JAMA Oncology. When testing GPT-3.5 (OpenAI) with prompts designed to obtain treatment strategies for different kinds of cancers, they found that while most answers were in accordance with National […]
Why You Shouldn’t Necessarily Freak Out About That Aspartame Research
The World Health Organization made a declaration Friday that surely came as a surprise to diet soda drinkers everywhere: Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener found in many popular “diet” or “sugar free” drinks, could be carcinogenic to humans. An agency of WHO reported that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic to humans” based on “limited evidence” that the […]
Ketamine Matches ‘Gold Standard’ in Major Depression Trial
SAN FRANCISCO — When it came to improving treatment-resistant major depression in outpatients without psychotic features, ketamine worked just as well as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the ELEKT-D randomized trial found. Following a 3-week treatment period, 55.4% of the patients in the ketamine group and 41.2% of those in the ECT group had a treatment response, […]
Early Postpartum IUD Placement Yields Low Complete Expulsion Rate
Inserting an intrauterine device (IUD) at 2 to 4 weeks postpartum matched the standard interval when it came to complete expulsions, a randomized trial found. At 6-month follow-up, 2% of patients in the early placement group had a complete expulsion compared with none in the group where placement was at the standard 6 to 8 […]
Presumed Clinical Benefits of TAVR Cerebral Protection Remain Unproven
BOSTON — Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) again came up empty in preventing strokes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) despite safely capturing embolic material dislodged during the procedure, a large randomized trial found. In the 3,000-person PROTECTED TAVR trial, the sentinel dual-filter system produced no significant reduction in periprocedural strokes compared with control cases without […]
Britney Spears Has ‘Never Had Seconds’ At Dinner And Still Cries Herself To Sleep
Britney Spears is shedding more light on her life since her confining 13-year-conservatorship came to an end. The “Princess of Pop” on Monday told fans in a lengthy Instagram post that her “spirits are better,” but she’ll “forever be traumatized by my past experience.” Advertisement “There is no way to fix me, my emotions and […]
See Who Made This Year’s List of Best Hospitals
There was no surprise when it came to first place on this year’s “Best Hospitals” list from U.S. News & World Report. For the seventh consecutive year, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., clocked in at No. 1 on the Honor Roll of the 20 institutions ranked as “delivering exceptional treatment across many areas of care,” […]
Life Doesn’t Come With a Prescription
The page came late, around 7 p.m. Shruti and I were an hour away from sign-out. Neither of us had eaten dinner. Shruti leaned back in her chair and groaned before flicking her pager off its holster and holding it up to her face. Then she jumped to her feet. “Trauma, 10 minutes,” she said. […]
I Believed I Was Destined To Be A Nun. But When I Moved Into A Convent, Things Changed.
The divine signs came to me through all channels and mediums. Even the girl in the ill-fitting naughty nun costume on my doorstep Halloween weekend was a message. The fact that she was trick-or-treating with a shot glass necklace did nothing to curb the impact of this divine appeal. This was just another of the […]