General Surgery News

• Weight-Loss Surgery Instead of GLP-1s? In the long term, bariatric surgery is more cost-effective than new anti-obesity medications, research finds, triggering a call to suggest patients consider surgery — or both.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• 4 Things to Know About New Medicare Advantage Rules Prior authorization leeway will be trimmed while health plans get more money under new federal rules for Medicare Advantage plans.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Lacerations Most Common Ear Injuries in US Over 20 Years A study analyzes two decades of data on traumatic ear injuries, highlighting key demographics and injury patterns across age groups.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• AAN 2025 AI-Powered Wearable Calms Essential Tremor The Felix NeuroAI wristband delivers tailored and dynamic electrical stimulation to the ulnar, median, and radial nerves throughout the day to relieve essential tremor.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• Canadian Medical Groups Urge Participation in April Election Medical groups are pressing their members to keep healthcare a priority for federal officials in an election campaign dominated by concerns about a trade war with the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Surgery Tops Lifestyle Changes in Patients With Cirrhosis The cost-effectiveness of the surgery, particularly for those with cirrhosis, is significant compared with those only receiving a lifestyle modification program.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• WCM-EADO 2025 Confirmed Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Stage III Melanoma Real-world data show that adjuvant therapy, not complete nodal dissection, is crucial for preventing relapse in patients with stage III melanoma.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• AI, Targeted Combinations Advance NSCLC Treatment Landscape From new KRAS and HER2 inhibitors to home-administered immunotherapy, recent trials mark a turning point in how metastatic lung cancer is managed.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Abortion Access Increased With Mifepristone Availability More than 90% of residents in Ontario have access to at least one abortion option, which improves patient care and reduces complications.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• 3D TBP for Melanoma: More Excisions, No Clear Benefit A study finds that 3D total-body photography increases excisions in high-risk patients but fails to improve melanoma detection or cost-effectiveness.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• Are Whole-Body CTs Needed for Falls in Older Adults? Older adults who have falls from standing may not benefit from whole-body CT as such people have a low risk for clinically occult injuries.
  Medscape News UK, April 04, 2025
• AAD 2025 Surgeon Reviews Options for Superficial Skin Cancer For superficial skin cancers, Mohs surgery can be a definitive procedure, but nonsurgical approaches are competitive in the context of practical considerations, such as patient preferences and costs.
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• How Office Props Improve Patient Outcomes Showing patients props and other visual aids improves recall of information, motivates patients, said doctors who have expanded their ‘black bags.’
  Medscape Medical News, April 04, 2025
• Radiosurgery Offers Strong Local Control of Brain Metastases Stereotactic radiosurgery is widely used nationally and globally, achieving strong radiographic control in metastatic and benign brain tumors.
  Medscape Medical News, April 03, 2025
• Cenobamate May Cut Seizures in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy A real-world study supports cenobamate as an effective option for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy even after multiple treatment failures.
  Medscape News UK, April 02, 2025
• Survey Shows Poor Reproductive Health Is a Growing Concern Nearly three quarters of women and people assigned female at birth experience at least one reproductive health issue, with Black women and financially insecure individuals disproportionately affected.
  Medscape News UK, April 01, 2025
• Thyroid Dysfunction Can Damage Kidneys in Kids With Obesity Children with obesity and subclinical hypothyroidism have twice the risk for kidney damage compared with those without subclinical hypothyroidism, a retrospective study shows.
  Medscape News UK, April 01, 2025
• ACC 2025 Pulse Oximeter Results Unreliable, Still The first prospective study to look at this problem since investigators identified an issue earlier confirmed that clinicians should ‘pause’ when making decisions on the measurements.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2025
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for Pediatrics Gains Ground Implementation of the ERAS program delivers better patient outcomes, achieves shorter lengths of stay, and saves money.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2025