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She Retched Without Vomiting and Tore Her Esophagus While a Second Emergency Sat in Her Groin

A 70-year-old woman retched without vomiting and tore her esophagus. The same CT scan revealed a trapped groin hernia full of small bowel.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Brain Injury Outcomes Differ Across Countries as Traffic Crashes and Falls Drive a Global Divide in Care and Survival

A global study found major differences in traumatic brain injury causes, access to care, and mortality across countries with different development levels.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

His Face Ballooned Two Hours After Brain Surgery, and the Diagnosis Has an Unfortunate Nickname

An 87-year-old man's salivary glands swelled two hours after shunt surgery. His neck gained five centimeters, then it all reversed within 48 hours.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

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Experimental Heart Cell Therapy Shows Promise for People With Advanced Heart Failure in Early Randomized Trial

An early randomized trial found that lab-grown heart cells showed promising benefits in people with advanced ischemic heart failure.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Fifty Centimeters of Snapped Catheter Trailed into His Aorta, and Only Open-Heart Surgery Could Retrieve It

A stent balloon shaft snapped during angioplasty, leaving 50 centimeters trailing into the aorta. Two months later, a second device burst.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Newborn Was Among Pennsylvania's Two Measles Associated Deaths, and the County Coroner Disputes the Label

Pennsylvania says a newborn was one of two measles-associated deaths. The Lancaster County coroner says the baby died of a ruptured spleen.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Once-Daily Pill for Pancreatic Cancer Just Won Approval, and It Nearly Doubled Survival in Trial

FDA approved Rasonque for metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. A phase 3 trial found median survival of 13.2 months against 6.7 on chemotherapy.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

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AI System Helps Uncover Previously Missed Liver Lesions, Including Cancers, in Large Multicentre Clinical Imaging Study

A large clinical study found that LiON AI helped identify 51 previously overlooked liver lesions, including 15 malignancies, on CT scans.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

An Emergency Tracheostomy Cut Into Vascular Blebs Nobody Knew Were Lining Her Airway

A Chicago autopsy traced a young woman's fatal bleed to blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome lesions no one knew were inside her throat.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Nails Came Out of His Stomach in Surgery, and Then a Coin Turned Up That No Scan Had Caught

Surgeons pulled nails from a man's stomach after his chest abscess had drained for months. Later, an endoscopy found a coin nobody had seen.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

All 91 Pennsylvania Wells Tested Under the Federal Radium Limit, but Six May Carry a Drilling Signal

A Penn State study of 91 private wells found all radium levels within EPA limits, with six samples possibly tied to fracking wastewater.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Erbe Updates Software on 11,226 Cryosurgery Units Because a Hard Hose Pull Can Rupture the Probe

Erbe USA is updating software on 11,226 ERBECRYO 2 cryosurgery units after finding a hose pull can over-pressurize and rupture the cryoprobe.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Austin Made Jalapeño Ranch Dressing Recalled from Texas Stores After Eggs Were Left Off the Label

Jaime's Spanish Village Jalapeño Ranch dressing is recalled across Texas for undeclared egg. Check lots 69, 86, 108, 113, 116, and 121.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Dolly Parton's Health Giving Reached Vaccine Research, a Children's Hospital and a Rural Women's Center in Tennessee

Dolly Parton died at 80 at a Nashville cancer center. Her documented health giving funded vaccine research and children's hospitals.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

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Medical Daily · Aug 27

Specialists Push Hospital Sepsis Care Toward Infection Specifics and Away from One Size Fits All Timing Rules

A multisociety panel says hospitals need faster diagnosis and better antibiotic choices for sepsis, not just faster clocks on treatment.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Rare Blood Disorder Treated for Decades with Steroids Alone Now Has Its First FDA Approved Therapy

FDA approved Imaavy for warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, the first therapy proven safe and effective for a disease long managed with steroids.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Los Angeles Moves to Regulate Phenibut, a Nervous System Depressant Sold Beside Energy Drinks Without Federal Oversight

Los Angeles voted to draft rules on phenibut, a central nervous system depressant sold in convenience stores without age limits or federal approval.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Nashville Hospital Confirms Four Joint Replacement Patients Received Potassium Phosphate Instead of Anesthetic in Pharmacy Error

Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown says four joint replacement patients received potassium phosphate instead of mepivacaine. Tennessee investigators are reviewing the case.

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Medical Daily · Aug 27

Shingrix Recipients Were 10 Percent Less Likely to Be Diagnosed with Heart Disease Than Zostavax Recipients

An Oxford-led study of more than 70,000 older adults found Shingrix recipients had 10 percent fewer heart disease diagnoses than Zostavax recipients.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Cyclospora Count Jumps by 3,285 in a Single Week with Nearly 12,000 Reports Still Unconfirmed Nationwide

CDC added 3,285 Cyclospora cases in one week, lifting the season total to 17,180, with 11,844 additional reports still unconfirmed.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Doctors Kept Testing Their Hearts and Lungs, but the Blue Skin Traced to One Swapped Amino Acid

Some patients appear permanently blue despite having healthy hearts and lungs. The cause is a hemoglobin variant that pulse oximeters cannot read.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

A Common Antipsychotic Can Trigger Hiccups That Do Not Stop, and the Low Dose May Be the Culprit

Aripiprazole occasionally causes relentless hiccups. Case reports suggest the trigger is a low starting dose flipping the drug into agonist mode.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Their Stents Looked Fine, but the Chest Pain Was Real, and Nearly Half Had Artery Spasm

Chest pain returning after a stent is often blamed on restenosis. In one study, nearly half of these patients had coronary artery spasm.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Two Neanderthal Pelvises Suggest the Anatomical Oddball Is Actually the Modern Human Male

Researchers compared Neanderthal and modern pelvises and concluded that the male human pelvis, not the Neanderthal pelvis, represents a recent departure.

Medical Daily · Aug 27

Metal Fans Held Their Arms in Ice Water Longer, but Only After the Heavy Drinkers Came Out of the Data

A field study at Germany's Wacken Open Air metal festival found that fans endured ice water longer, but only once heavy drinkers were excluded.

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