King Charles III’s Surgery; COVID Timeline Doubted; FDA Approvals Hit High
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Britain’s King Charles III is scheduled for surgery for an enlarged prostate, and Buckingham Palace stressed that it is a benign condition. (BBC News) FDA announced that Emergent BioSolutions, the manufacturer of naloxone (Narcan), will extend the 4 mg nasal spray’s shelf life from 3 to […]
Clinical Note Writing App Powered by GPT-4 Set to Debut This Year
The first fully automatic clinical documentation application powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 is scheduled to be widely released later this year, Nuance and Microsoft announced. This latest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered application, known as Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, will be able to create an automatic clinical note based on recordings of patient visits, said Diana Nole, […]
Black Man Accuses LA Hospital Of Racism In C-Section Death Of Wife
In April 2016, Kira Johnson showed up for her scheduled caesarian section at the renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to deliver her second child with husband Charles Johnson. The procedure took just 17 minutes. Advertisement Less than 12 hours later, the 39-year-old was dead of a massive internal injury ― doctors found three […]
Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary
“The vast majority” of urine tests conducted prior to scheduled surgeries to check for infections “were not plausibly indicated,” said researchers who examined claims data from private insurers and Medicare. And while the individual tests didn’t cost much — about $17 — they added up to almost $50 million over the study’s 11-year duration, plus […]
Pope Francis Goes To Rome Hospital For Intestinal Surgery
Pope Francis went Sunday to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine, the Vatican said. The brief announcement from the Holy See’s press office didn’t say exactly when the surgery would be performed but said there would be an announcement when the surgery is complete. Just three […]