Purpose An original and a revised vancomycin dosing protocol for obese patients were compared with respect to attainment of target serum trough vancomycin concentrations and the occurrence of ...

Lorraine Weltham, manager of the home, said she knew "how rare" it was to find somewhere suitable for people who are obese after she cared for her mother. “My mum was the first bariatric person ...

especially if utilized in high-risk patients with obesity. The most effective therapy for obesity is bariatric surgery, also called weight loss surgery. Bariatric surgery not only leads to ...

It's free, simple and secure. Weight loss surgeries, also called bariatric surgeries, are covered by health insurance only in some cases, but it depends on your state, company, plan and health metrics ...

Effects of HPV vaccination on the development of HPV-related cancers: A retrospective analysis of a United States-based cohort. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting I.

An Orange County liver doctor was arrested after being accused of groping two female patients during medical examinations, prosecutors said. Dr. John Carl Hoefs, 79, faces seven counts of sexual ...

In May 2023, Joanna Loewenstein MD opened her concierge internal medicine practice in New York City, the first of its kind at Weill Cornell. Growing up in Long Island, Dr. Lowenstein remembers her ...

Hospitals want you to visit them less often. Empowered by Washington and armed with Covid-inspired health innovations, health executives are seeking to increasingly move care outside of the ...

The analysis included 30,171 adults with body mass index ≥35 kg/m 2 who underwent bariatric surgery (January 2005 to September 2015) and 218,961 matched nonsurgical patients. The researchers ...

Good morning, and happy Wednesday. Today’s newsletter top comes to you from the deep reporting of our colleague Akilah Johnson, who covers the way racism and social inequality affect health for ...