Washington University School Of Medicine In St Louis

Certain patient demographics and outcomes, as well as pathology, may independently predict risk of total hip arthroplasty, reoperation and persistent symptoms after femoroacetabular impingement surgery, according to results.

Cannabis use disorder appeared to have a genetic association with multiple adverse psychiatric outcomes, according to results of a genome-wide association study meta-analysis published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

Early post-therapy clearance of HPV appeared associated with improved survival among women with cervical cancer, according to results of a prospective study published in Cancer.

Presenters at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting highlighted the 75th anniversary of the society. A video shown also paid tribute to the roots of ASSH and what has been learned in the specialty since then.

Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery or a low-calorie diet intervention experienced similar metabolic benefits, with no evident clinically important effects independent of weight loss, study data show.

CVD and cardiomyopathy are the leading causes of maternal mortality up to 1 year after pregnancy, accounting for one-quarter of maternal deaths in the U.S., according to the Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System.

For Allison A. King, MD, MPH, PhD, a recent study of junior hematologists who attended ASH’s mentored research training program yielded largely positive results.

Candida auris, an aggressive and naturally resistant fungus with few treatment options and little support for more, has been rapidly drawing attention since the CDC issued a clinical alert about it in 2016.

Imagine a guest lecture where fellows are given the opportunity to ask an invited speaker about burnout and work-life balance. Now, imagine the surprise when none of those fellows asks the lecturer a single question about that topic. Afterward, you approach the group to inquire why no one asked any questions. One of the fellows responds that they were uncomfortable asking burnout or work-life balance related questions in front of their peers and attendings.

A myeloablative fractionated busulfan regimen with post-transplant cyclophosphamide-based graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis appeared feasible for older patients with hematologic malignancies, according to results of a single-arm phase 2 study presented at TCT | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings.