Healthcare Travel Contributes Substantially to U.S. Emissions; Telehealth May...
Health care is responsible for 4.6% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published in The Lancet. For the U.S., a study in Health Affairs (Millwood) put that figure at 8.5%....
View ArticleReview: Optimizing Local Control in the Surgical Management of Bladder Cancer
The past decade has witnessed exciting progress in the surgical treatment of localized muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), including prehabilitation programs, increasingly effective systemic...
View ArticleReview: Urology on a Changing Planet
The United Nations and the World Health Organization recognize climate change as one of the largest threats facing human health, and patients receiving care for urological conditions are a vulnerable...
View ArticleAutomated Frailty Screening Tool Aims to Improve Care of Vulnerable Older Adults
Frailty is associated with higher risk for adverse outcomes such as falls, hospitalizations, disability, and mortality as well as preventable healthcare system costs. It affects up to a quarter of...
View ArticleNew Criteria Proposed for Diagnosis of Early Pregnancy Loss After IVF
Early pregnancy loss (EPL), a pregnancy that fails before 14 weeks of gestational age, has substantial physical, emotional, and financial consequences for patients and their partners. These concerns...
View ArticleLarge Language Models May Be Useful Adjuncts to Human Expert Consensus Panels
The Delphi method is commonly used for developing consensus documents such as clinical guidelines, diagnostic criteria, and healthcare policies when empirical evidence alone is insufficient. Delphi...
View ArticleAugmented Reality for Advanced Neuronavigation for Arterial Control in Brain...
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare and among the most complex cerebrovascular conditions treated in neurosurgery. Although surgical resection can be curative, it carries substantial risk,...
View ArticleComposite Ultrasonic Findings Show Promise for Diagnosis of Adenomyosis
The gold standard for the diagnosis of adenomyosis is histopathology, which typically requires hysterectomy. Ultrasound has been proposed as a much less invasive, fertility-sparing alternative. In...
View ArticleThe First Large Cohort Analysis to Frame Spinal Cord Injury as a Chronic Disease
Traumatic spinal cord injury isn’t just a one-time event but also a chronic condition. Furthermore, people with a history of spinal cord injury are more likely to develop cardiovascular, neurological,...
View ArticleImproving Surgical Decision-making for Persons Living With Dementia
Limited longitudinal data on outcomes. An inability of the patient to fully participate in the discussion. Vague advance directives with multiple care partners (surrogates). These are among the many...
View ArticleReview: Current Progress and Future Directions of Immunotherapy in Head and...
Therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) targeting programmed cell death 1 protein (PD-1) and its ligand, programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 (PD-L1), can prolong survival in recurrent or...
View ArticleNew Multidimensional Diagnostic Schema Reclassifies Chronic Obstructive...
There’s growing consensus that spirometry alone is insufficient for the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A notable example is that structural lung changes are often visible on...
View ArticleMass General Brigham Chair Ruminates on Brigham OB/GYN Ranking #1 in the...
U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals for 2025-26 ranks Brigham and Women’s Hospital #1 in Obstetrics & Gynecology in the nation for the 4th year in a row. The Brigham and Massachusetts...
View ArticleClinical Trial Findings About Revision After Technology-Assisted THA Are...
Randomized, controlled trials have been interpreted as suggesting that revision rates after total hip arthroplasty (THA)—arguably the most clinically significant and costly complication—are comparable...
View ArticleThe Efficacy of GLP-1 Agonists in Treating Substance Use Disorder
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists are now recognized as having the potential to treat conditions besides metabolic disease, perhaps including substance use disorder (SUDs). GLP-1 agonists are...
View ArticlePeer Recovery Coaches Generally Support, but Have Concerns About Therapeutic...
Evidence is accumulating that psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin (“magic mushrooms”), and ketamine, may have a role in treating substance use disorders (SUD). However, until recently, no research...
View ArticleTriple COPD Therapy: Dry Powder Inhaler Is Reasonable Alternative to Metered...
For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), two single-inhaler triple therapies are marketed in the United States: budesonide/glycopyrrolate/formoterol, a metered dose inhaler, and...
View ArticleTransgender People Don’t Receive Adequate Counseling About Fertility...
Guidelines of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health recommend that if transgender and gender-nonconforming adolescents request gender-affirming hormone therapy or surgery,...
View ArticleTobacco Users Have Higher Risk of Complications and Death After Partial...
Tobacco use is well established to be an independent risk factor for perioperative complications with major surgery. Yet smoking cessation is not widely encouraged before partial nephrectomy. José...
View ArticleLong COVID Can Worsen Pain, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in People With...
Studies at Harvard University and elsewhere have shown that inflammatory arthritis is associated with a higher risk of long COVID (also called post-acute COVID-19, the persistence of symptoms beyond...
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