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About one-third of anxiety patients relapse after stopping antidepressants
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients who want to discontinue their antidepressants face a therapeutic dilemma.
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Looking ahead: Gastroenterology devices over the next decade
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – Dr. V. Raman Muthusamy and Dr. Sri Komanduri sum up the promising technology and the hurdles it...
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Enhanced recovery also enhances unplanned patient contact
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUSCON, ARIZ. – After implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery program, patients were more likely to have an unscheduled contact with...
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Telemedicine proving to be an efficient platform for delivering nutritional services
- Author:
- Ted Bosworth
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – Remote nutritional counseling and coordination can improve access to these vital services for patients with gastrointestinal...
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Evidence for endoscopic GERD treatments approaching critical mass
- Author:
- Ted Bosworth
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – Dr. Michael Vaezi characterized himself as “cautiously optimistic” that many endoscopic interventions will be included among...
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The promise of endoscopy simulation–based training and gaps as targets for innovation
- Author:
- Ted Bosworth
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – “Currently, there is a lack of evidence that simulation adoption by practicing endoscopists leads to better patient outcomes.”
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AI boosts gastroendoscopy, supports clinicians
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SAN FRANCISCO – Current efforts focus on video recording and physician support, but optical biopsies are not here...
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Dolutegravir passes late pregnancy test
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SEATTLE - In ART-naive women in the third trimester of pregnancy, dolutegravir led to reduced viral load at delivery compared to efavirenz.
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Furosemide speeds ureteral patency confirmation, but is time savings worth the risk?
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Use of diuretic shaves 79 seconds, but might carry risk to the patient.
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SUI cure definition may need updating
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Objective measures of stress urinary incontinence often don’t match patient perception.
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In endometrial cancer and SUI, concomitant surgery improves outcomes
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – The biggest trick may be incorporating concomitant surgeries into the surgical work flow.
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Stress incontinence surgery improves sexual dysfunction
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – A secondary analysis of two clinical trials found similar levels of improvement regardless of the...
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Older women have good functional recovery after POP surgery
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Most women aged over 65 years return to or improve upon baseline functional levels after POP surgery.
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Alternative regimen reduces narcotic use after pelvic reconstructive surgery
- Author:
- Jim Kling
TUCSON, ARIZ. – Round-the-clock ice, Toradol, and Tylenol led to a significant reduction in narcotic use both in-...
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Genetic data boost HIV surveillance efforts
- Author:
- Jim Kling
SEATTLE – Alexandra Oster of the CDC described how genetic sequencing improves identification of networks of HIV...