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Does the Sex of the Surgeon Influence Long-Term Surgical Outcomes in Female and Male Patients?

08/07/2025

Kate Young

A large national study of more than 2.2 million patients on Medicare found that female surgeons had lower long-term mortality rates than male surgeons for both female and male patients. The benefits were...

08/07/2025

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FDA Proposes Guidance to Improve Pulse Oximeter Accuracy Across Skin Tones

01/29/2025

Miranda Manier, BA

The FDA has proposed new draft guidance to improve the accuracy of pulse oximeters across all skin tones, addressing long-standing concerns about potential disparities in performance.

01/29/2025

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Pediatric Dry Eye Disease Prevalence vs Adult Dry Eye Disease

10/17/2024

Jessica Ganga

Researchers find that pediatric dry-eye disease is more prevalent than adult dry-eye disease when looking at specific characteristics of patients.

10/17/2024

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Is the Use of Endometrial Thickness as Diagnostic Triage Reliable to Diagnose Endometrial Cancer for Patients Who are Black?

09/26/2024

Jessica Ganga

Researchers sought to determine the reliability of the use of transvaginal ultrasonography triage to diagnose endometrial cancer in patients who are Black and at risk for the disease.

09/26/2024

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Early Serologic Diagnosis of AQP4+ NMOSD Based on Clinical Factors

08/22/2024

Jessica Ganga

In a multicenter, retrospective study, researchers evaluated time from NMOSD onset to serological diagnosis and factors associated with predicting shorter time to diagnosis.

08/22/2024

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