December 18, 2024

USPSTF Challenges Common Supplement Use

"Unfortunately, when we reviewed the latest evidence, we found that taking vitamin D with or without calcium does not prevent falls or fractures in older adults."

Conexiant

December 17, 2024

AHA Updates Stroke Palliative Care Guidelines

Updated statement promotes integrated palliative care for all stroke patients.

Conexiant

December 16, 2024

New Four-Stage System Redefines AF Care

New atrial fibrillation management guidelines embrace a novel 4-stage classification system and early rhythm control strategy, with clinical trials showing a 21% reduction in cardiovascular outcomes when rhythm control is initiated within 12 months of diagnosis.

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December 16, 2024

New Guidelines Address Elder Surgery Care

Expanded preoperative evaluations can reduce postoperative delirium by 23% in older adults, but frailty doubles the risk—are your patients screened effectively?

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December 06, 2024

Experts Set First Global CNO Treatment Guidelines

An international expert panel introduces the first consensus recommendations for diagnosing and treating chronic non-bacterial osteitis (CNO) in adults - consolidating multiple disease labels into a single entity and establishing evidence-based protocols.

Conexiant

November 26, 2024

AAP Releases 2025 Child Vaccination Schedule

The 2025 immunization guidelines marked a shift from quadrivalent to trivalent influenza vaccines, introduced new RSV timing protocols, and revised multiple vaccination schedules, including meningococcal B dosing for ages 16-23 years.

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