University Of California Los Angeles

An adjustable clot retriever device for large vessel occlusion ischemic stroke was demonstrated to be both more effective and safer compared with prior data on other stent-retriever devices, a speaker reported.

Genicular artery embolization is safe and “highly effective” in reducing symptoms of moderate-to-severe knee osteoarthritis in patients who have been unresponsive to other conservative therapy, according to data.

Women who receive care at hospitals with higher financial incentives for cesarean section may be more likely to undergo cesarean deliveries, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Many older adults do not recognize potential adverse events associated with their new medications, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Higher muscle mass was associated with lower CVD and mortality in men and women, but in women, high fat, regardless of muscle mass level, was linked to lower CVD mortality risk, researchers reported.

Stereotactic body radiotherapy appeared safe and effective for men with high-risk prostate cancer, according to an analysis of data from a consortium of seven institutional phase 2 studies and registries.

A machine learning analysis showed preoperative self-assessments of pain and objective measurements of active range of motion and strength had the highest predictive value in total shoulder arthroplasty, according to results.

U.S. states with larger declines in PSA screening from 2002 to 2016 also had larger increases in incidence of metastatic prostate cancer at diagnosis, according to a presentation at Genitourinary Cancers Symposium.

Neoadjuvant atezolizumab conferred a 21% major pathologic response rate among patients with resectable stage IB to stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Multiparametric MRI often underestimated pathological tumor size among men with biopsy-proven prostate cancer, according to single-arm study results published in Journal of Urology.