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Despite improvements in procedural efficiency and length of stay, hospital charges and payments have increased relative to surgeon charges and payments after surgical fixation of hip fractures, according to published results.

A higher baseline time in range is the strongest predictor of glucose response with a closed-loop insulin delivery system for children with type 1 diabetes, according to data published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, or IASLC, announced the recipients of its distinguished service awards.

After surveying patients with cystic fibrosis and dietitians, one presenter at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference offered opportunities to build upon what is working with “telenutrition” in the cystic fibrosis clinic.

When talking about treating children with unequivocal growth hormone deficiency, who in the absence of GH therapy have little chance of achieving normal adult stature, the overwhelming majority of endocrinologists would say yes, even though GH has some documented risks and may have some potential theoretical risks. With a condition like idiopathic short statue, the benefit of GH therapy, in general, is not as obvious as with GH deficiency. That forces one to possibly reassess the risk vs. benefits.

Transplant recipients of hearts from donors with severe obesity experienced no more adverse events and similar 1-year survival as those who received hearts from donors without severe obesity, according to researchers.

Transoral robotic surgery appeared associated with improved surgical and long-term survival outcomes compared with nonrobotic surgery for patients with early-stage oropharyngeal cancer, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

Children with cancer face many obstacles that prevent them from having normal childhoods.