Clinical

Excess Oxygen During Anesthesia Linked to Risk of Organ Injury

Dec 01, 2022 at 04:56 pm by Staff

  Unnecessarily high concentrations of oxygen given to patients under general anesthesia may increase risk of injury to the kidneys, lungs and heart, according to a larg.... Read More

Should Older Seniors Risk Major Surgery? New Research Offers Guidance

Nov 28, 2022 at 11:46 am by Staff

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds muc.... Read More

New ANA CEO Discusses New Horizons for Neurology and Neuroscience in 2023

Nov 23, 2022 at 10:10 am by LJeter

  By Lynne Jeter From preparing the next generation of scientists, to sharing how primary care doctors can improve care for neurological disorders, to addressing dispar.... Read More

Treating Long Covid Is Rife With Guesswork

Nov 22, 2022 at 11:34 am by Staff

    By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, Kaiser Health News    Medical equipment is still strewn around the house of Rick Lucas, 62, nearly tw.... Read More

Accurately predicting possible post-surgical effects on speech: forecasting the risks of brain surgery

Nov 21, 2022 at 12:07 pm by Staff

    Can surgeons quantify the risk of aphasia when removing a brain tumor? To find out, researchers at Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University of Muni.... Read More

Hearthstone Institute Merges Advisory Division with Nashville's Abe's Garden Community to Serve Davidson County's 90,000 Residents with Alzheimer's

Nov 21, 2022 at 02:20 am by Staff

Nashville — Thirteen percent of Davidson County residents - approximately 90,000 - have Alzheimer’s disease1.  That number is expected to continuously cl.... Read More

Improving awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance is crucial

Nov 21, 2022 at 12:54 am by Staff

by Jessica Pasley Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency with antimicrobial-resistant infections causing nearly 5 million deaths in 2019, according to the Cent.... Read More

Cardiac antigen identified as mechanism for heart complication with immunotherapy-related myocarditis

Nov 21, 2022 at 12:48 am by Staff

by Tom Wilemon Myocarditis is a complication that can occur in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Although the adverse event is rare — affecting.... Read More

Study examines impulsiveness in Parkinson’s disease

Nov 20, 2022 at 11:11 pm by Staff

  by Paul Govern   To manage symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, patients take drugs that modulate dopamine, a neurotransmitter with a major role in reward-mot.... Read More

As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush to Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?

Nov 20, 2022 at 02:56 pm by Staff

  By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News    Among the more remarkable legacies of the covid-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care ind.... Read More