March 17, 2025

New Neurostimulation Guidelines for Nonsurgical Back Pain

New ASPN guidelines provide evidence-based support for spinal cord stimulation in patients with chronic low back pain who aren't surgical candidates.

Conexiant

March 07, 2025

New Clinical Guideline for Benzodiazepine Tapering Released

The new clinical practice guideline, developed in tandem by representatives from 10 medical societies, provides evidence-based and consensus recommendations for safe benzodiazepine tapering when risks outweigh benefits.

Conexiant

May 01, 2023

Virtual Reality in Retina

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Retinal Physician

March 08, 2023

RESET-RA trial explores a novel vagus nerve stimulation device for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

A research team at Baptist Health, located in south Florida, is participating in a randomized-controlled, parallel-assignment clinical trial. This trial explores a new vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device called the SetPoint System.

Baptist Health South Florida

September 04, 2023

Transforming Toast with Tech: Modernizing Ketogenic Therapy

For centuries, dietary manipulation, including fasting, has been used for the treatment of epilepsy. In the early 1920s, physicians at Mayo Clinic discovered that a low carbohydrate diet provided similar effects to fasting and coined the term “ketogenic diet,” which is still in use today. Ketogenic therapy (KT) is a diet with high fat, low carbohydrate and adequate protein intake. The KT program at the Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s is a robust clinical program staffed by experienced dietitians, psychologists, pharmacists and epileptologists

Phoenix Children's Medical Connection

March 01, 2024

The Untapped Potential of Occupational Lenses

Occupational lenses can offer a solution for patients struggling with digital eye strain (DES).

Presbyopia Physician

July 08, 2023

At the Cutting Edge of Cardiovascular Sciences: Molecular Regulation in Arterial Venous Programming and Arteriovenous Malformation

Arteriovenous Malformation can cause stroke & disfigurement and is difficult to manage surgically. Dr. Wang’s research studies the molecular control of angiogenesis, currently focused on the functions of Notch pathways in arterial venous specification, leading to malformation.

Houston Methodist Hospital

February 07, 2023

Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (sICH) Evacuation and Pulmonary Embolectomy (PE)

Simultaneous Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage (sICH) Evacuation and Pulmonary Embolectomy (PE)

Mount Sinai New York

August 02, 2023

Focused Ultrasound Stops Tremors in Patients with Movement Disorders: UCSF Case Studies

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an incision-free, minimally invasive outpatient procedure during which MRI-guided ultrasound is directed at the ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus of the thalamus.

UCSF MedConnection