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December 24, 2023
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Radiation oncologist to lead NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

Radiation oncologist to lead NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, has been appointed director of Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health.

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December 14, 2023
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65-year-old woman with missed open clavicle fracture and subsequent infection

65-year-old woman with missed open clavicle fracture and subsequent infection

A 65-year-old right-hand dominant woman with no reported past medical history presented with left clavicular pain and wound drainage 8 days after she was struck by a motor vehicle in her home country of Guyana.

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November 27, 2023
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Preoperative optimization may improve outcomes, cost utility of cervical deformity surgery

Preoperative optimization may improve outcomes, cost utility of cervical deformity surgery

Preoperative patient optimization prior to adult spinal deformity corrective surgery may improve outcomes, satisfaction and cost utilization, according to presented results.

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November 15, 2023
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VIDEO: Surgeon physiologic stress may increase with patient BMI during THA

VIDEO: Surgeon physiologic stress may increase with patient BMI during THA

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In this video, Joshua C. Rozell, MD, discusses the physiologic burden on surgeons performing total hip arthroplasty and how this burden increases with patient BMI.

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October 08, 2023
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Mediterranean diet increases potentially beneficial bacterial species in firefighters

Mediterranean diet increases potentially beneficial bacterial species in firefighters

HONOLULU — World Trade Center firefighters with lung disease showed increases in Bacteroides ovatus after 6 months on a low-calorie Mediterranean diet, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

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October 08, 2023
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Radiation oncologist appointed to leadership role at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

Radiation oncologist appointed to leadership role at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center

Michael J. Zelefsky, MD, has been appointed director of brachytherapy for NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center.

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October 07, 2023
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Concurrent subacromial decompression, rotator cuff repair may reduce risk of revision

Concurrent subacromial decompression, rotator cuff repair may reduce risk of revision

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — According to presented results, concurrent subacromial decompression with arthroscopic rotator cuff repair may reduce the risk of revision surgery at 2 years.

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September 17, 2023
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NYU Langone Health appoints breast cancer specialist as division chief

NYU Langone Health appoints breast cancer specialist as division chief

Nina D’Abreo, MD, has been appointed chief of the division of hematology and medical oncology at NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center — Sunset Park.

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September 13, 2023
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Cancer death rate drops by 33%, AACR report shows

Cancer death rate drops by 33%, AACR report shows

Results from the American Association for Cancer Research’s annual Cancer Progress Report revealed that the age-adjusted overall cancer death rate in the U.S. fell by 33% between 1991 and 2020.

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September 06, 2023
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Fewer patients with obesity receiving ECMO for ARDS died than those without obesity

Fewer patients with obesity receiving ECMO for ARDS died than those without obesity

Obesity reduced the odds for ICU mortality among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

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