August 22, 2025

Linear Hyperpigmentation After Chemotherapy: What's Your Diagnosis?

A 15-year-old girl developed distinctive, painless, whip-like streaks across her trunk and back after receiving combination chemotherapy for ovarian yolk sac tumor. What’s your diagnosis?

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August 12, 2025

Advanced-Practice Providers Filling Rural ER Gaps

Rural emergency rooms across the U.S. are increasingly staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners instead of physicians, raising debates over care quality, staffing shortages, and access to emergency services.

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August 11, 2025

FDA OKs Bioequivalent Iron Sucrose for CKD Anemia

The FDA has approved a bioequivalent iron sucrose injection for treating iron deficiency anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease.

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August 05, 2025

Modified Mesh Repair Effective in Women’s Hernias

Randomized trial results showed that modified open mesh repair was as safe and effective as standard mesh repair for treating groin hernias in women, with similar recurrence and complication rates after 1 year.

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August 01, 2025

Pulmonary Embolism Following Pelvic Glue Procedure

Pulmonary glue embolism should be suspected when patients develop respiratory symptoms following radiologic embolization.

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July 22, 2025

Placenta Accreta Guidelines Lack Consensus: Review

A new review of clinical guidelines highlights consistent recommendations for diagnosing and managing placenta accreta spectrum disorders, but showed gaps in guidance for surgery, fertility counseling, and postnatal care, especially in low-resource settings.

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April 29, 2025

Foley Catheter Management: New Best Practices, Pitfalls

Foley catheter use is associated with a wide range of complications, from infections to urethral erosion.

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May 28, 2025

Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

"We're probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and those other journals because they're all corrupt."

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June 24, 2025

Exam Shift Spurs National Rights Battle

Democratic AGs push to relocate OB-GYN exams from Texas, citing threats to reproductive and gender-affirming care under state abortion bans.

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