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Improving 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...

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The 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,...

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Composite 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...

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Augmented 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,...

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Large 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...

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New 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...

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Automated 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...

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Review: 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...

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Review: 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...

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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%....

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