Tracheostomy Tubes Added to FDA Medical Device Shortage List
On Oct. 31, 2022, The Food and Drug Administration added tracheostomy tubes to the administration’s medical device shortage list, including Bivona tracheostomy tubes manufactured by ICU Medical, San...
View ArticleCalif. Physicians Barred from Giving Misleading Info to Patients on COVID-19
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill in November 2022 that allows the state Medical Board and Osteopathic Medical Board to discipline physicians who knowingly give misinformation or...
View ArticleAmerican Medical Association Promotes New Policies Aimed at Helping Medical...
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates met in Honolulu in November 2022 to create a consensus on policies aimed at improving medical students’ and residents’ personal and...
View ArticleNovel Hearing Screening System Uses a Smartphone, Earbuds
University of Washington researchers have created a screening system for hearing that uses a smartphone and low-cost earbuds rather than the commercial devices currently in use. The system is detailed...
View ArticleSurgical Fellows and Gender Equity
There are still challenges in gender equity in all areas of medicine. A recent study published in December 2022 in JAMA Surgery (doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.6431) examined how practicing male and female...
View ArticleNew AMA Educational Resource Helps Meet Substance Use Disorders and Addiction...
A resource recently introduced on the AMA’s online Ed Hub will help physicians complete the new, one-time, eight-hour training requirement issued by the DEA on treating and managing patients with...
View ArticleEarly Birds Have More Success with Using CPAP for Longer Periods
Recent research shows that a person’s chronotype can influence a patient’s reaction to and use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.
View ArticleResearchers Find Strong Association Between TERT Antigens and Elevated B...
Researchers have identified a strong association between telomerase reverse transcriptase, an antigen abundantly produced in roughly 85% of tumor cells, and elevated levels of white blood cells that...
View ArticleMarketplace News: May 2023
Philips Respironics has recalled a second set of CPAP/BiPAP machines, identified as a Class I recall by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The 1,088 recalled DreamStation1 units, distributed...
View ArticleNew Research Shows Sense of Smell Alters How We See Colors
Unconscious associations between certain scents can affect how we perceive certain colors.
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