Sharon Smith

Vanderbilt University Medical Center rose to the challenge of performing 10 kidney transplants over a holiday weekend. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ten-kidney-transplants-2-days-coordination-matters-2024a1000pgf?src=rss

By itself, it’s not enough, but body mass index has years of evidence behind it and still has a place in clinical assessments, experts say. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/bmi-good-anything-these-days-yes-least-now-2024a1000pf7?src=rss

Beta-blockers are linked to delayed motor decline in premanifest Huntington disease and reduced symptom progression in early motor-manifest disease, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/beta-blockers-show-promise-curbing-huntington-disease-2024a1000pfa?src=rss

Patients with metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease experience poor sleep due to sleep fragmentation and increased wakefulness, but causality isn’t clear. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/broken-sleep-linked-masld-2024a1000pcp?src=rss

Adults younger than 65 years with esophageal cancer were extremely unlikely to have a previous diagnosis of eosinophilic esophagitis, this case-control study found. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/no-eoe-esophageal-cancer-link-found-large-us-study-2024a1000pcl?src=rss

After studying the axolotl for 8 years, researchers are developing a line of cosmeceutical and over-the-counter products containing urodele collagen extract derived from the creature’s neotenic tissue. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/axolotl-offers-promise-unlocking-secrets-skin-regeneration-2024a1000pcj?src=rss

A study found that doxycycline discharge kit improved treatment rates in patients with positive chlamydia test who visited ED. Medscape Medical News source https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/doxycycline-kits-boost-chlamydia-treatment-ed-2024a1000pce?src=rss