Sushi and Pregnancy; Which Vax Are You? ‘Scariest’ Echo Ever
The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. After study author Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, took to TikTok to discuss her group’s recent findings that patients treated by female surgeons had better outcomes, she received an outpouring of comments describing personal experiences of harm caused by physicians. @doctoryoun […]
MedPod Today: Texas Abortion Ban Fallout, Movie Docs, and Fall COVID Shots
The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey, listeners. Welcome back to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insight into the week’s biggest healthcare stories. I’m your host, Rachael Robertson. First up this week we’re talking with Sophie Putka about her reporting on reproductive healthcare in […]
Doc on McConnell’s Freeze-Up; Medical Blackmail; Xmas for Nursing Students
The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Emergency doctor @jtrebach shares his medical opinion following Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) second public freeze-up. “Please don’t blackmail informed patients into doing things they don’t want to do,” tweeted Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, after sharing a personal story […]
I’m A Breast Cancer Survivor. I Was Slighted And Belittled Throughout My Treatment.
The author in the recovering room following her breast cancer surgery on March 28, 2023. Courtesy of Joy Jenkins I was scared as I approached the receptionist at my oncologists’ office. I had recently been diagnosed with breast cancer at age 56 after my annual mammogram. I didn’t know yet how bad things were. Was […]
Medical Hot Takes; Selena Gomez in Anesthesiology; Surgical 5-Second Rule
The following contains links to social media websites including X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. ICU nurse @scrubhacks and ob/gyn @tiktokbabydoc hop on a TikTok trend to share their controversial hot takes on medicine. Laura Vater, MD, MPH, shares five things she learned in her first year as an attending physician. Medical students from the […]
Antidepressant Maintenance No Help for Bipolar I Depressive Episode
Continuing adjunctive antidepressant treatment for up to a year following remission of an acute depressive episode in patients with bipolar I disorder showed no significant benefit for preventing relapse, a randomized trial showed. At 52 weeks, 31% of patients treated with maintenance escitalopram (Lexapro) or bupropion XL (Wellbutrin XL) for that duration of time experienced […]
Postoperative Urinary Retention Common After Hernia Surgery
Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was common following inguinal hernia surgery in an international cohort study. Among 4,151 adults across 32 countries, incidence of needing bladder decompression by catheterization due to inability to void after inguinal hernia repair (IHR) was 5.8% in men and 2.9% in women, reported Stefanie Croghan, MSc, of the Royal College of […]
Hysterectomy Ultimately Needed After 1 in 8 Endometrial Ablations
Hysterectomy rates can be expected to rise slowly in the months and years following endometrial ablation, regardless of ablation device type, a meta-analysis found. Risk of hysterectomy rose to from 4.3% at 1 year post-endometrial ablation to 12.4% at 5 years in patients with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), reported Tamara Oderkerk, MD, of Maxima Medical […]
Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Varies by Molecular Subtype
Different molecular subtypes of breast cancer had varying rates and patterns of recurrence following surgery for early-stage disease, a large retrospective cohort study showed. Overall, the 10-year freedom from ipsilateral, regional, and contralateral recurrence was 95.9%, 96.1%, and 96.5%, respectively. Using hormone receptor (HR)-positive (+)/HER2-negative (-) tumors as the reference, HR-/HER2+ breast cancer had the […]
Dr. Phil Stands By His Troubling 2016 Interview With Shelley Duvall
Dr. Phil McGraw is speaking out about the backlash that ensued following his widely panned 2016 interview with actor Shelley Duvall. Appearing on CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace” last week, the host of CBS’s “Dr. Phil” stood by his decision to conduct the televised interview with Duvall, who acknowledged having a mental illness on […]