Removing Small Asymptomatic Kidney Stones Significantly Reduces Recurrence
Removing small, asymptomatic kidney stones during endoscopic removal of ureteral or contralateral stones significantly prolonged the time to relapse as compared with leaving the asymptomatic stones behind, a randomized trial showed. The time to relapse averaged about 4.5 years with removal of asymptomatic stones versus about 2.5 years without (P<0.001). The difference represented an 82% […]
Two Shots, Two Paralyses After COVID Vaccine
A man experienced two discrete contralateral facial palsies, one after each dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The first episode developed 5 hours after the 61-year-old man received the first dose of the vaccine, reported Abigail Burrows, MBBS, of Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford, England, and colleagues. The second occurred 2 days […]