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Weight-Loss Surgery Might Also Help Prevent Cataracts
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- Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That’s Not Changing
- How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care
JOURNAL UPDATE
Sunburns Severe Enough to Warrant Admission Described
3:29 PM CDT.Most patients sustained superficial burns and only 4 percent had full-thickness burns; 19 percent…
- Antibody Response Lags After Second Vaccine Dose in Transplant Recipients
- Blacks, Hispanics Underrepresented in U.S. Surgical Leadership
- Risk for Overdose Up With Opioid Prescriptions After Dental Procedure
MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
September 2020 Briefing - Surgery
October 01, 2020. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
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Bevacizumab for breast cancer: FDA grants a stay of execution
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
The Food and Drug Administration has after repeated delays proposed removing metastatic breast cancer as an indication from the Avastin label. The proposal is being contested by Roche/Genentech, the drug’s maker. In this article we review the evidence for and against this decision.
Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…
The Wrongly Famous in Medical History
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…
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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development
By namabcAs I understand, this is a great step of development that we can use to save many people from horrible diseases. and i also hope Dr.Lain and your partners…
