The Tulane University School of Medicine, in New Orleans, Louisiana, has extended an offer to reinstate Princess Dennar, MD, the first and only Black woman to lead any of the school’s residency programs, after removing her from that position in mid-February. Her ousting had prompted a wave of outrage from current students and residents, alumni, […]
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Adherence to surgical guidelines low for salpingo-oophorectomy
(HealthDay)—Only two-thirds of all health care providers are fully adherent to surgical guidelines for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Annelise M. Wilhite, M.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues retrospectively evaluated health care provider adherence to the surgical protocol endorsed by the National […]
Pediatric T1DM medication adherence drops on weekends, holidays
(HealthDay)—For children with type 1 diabetes, medication adherence is lower during school holidays and on weekends, according to a study recently published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Catherine Leggett, from Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues randomly assigned 90 children with type 1 diabetes (mean age, 13.6 years) to […]
Factors linked with wellbeing and medication adherence in young adults with kidney failure
A new study evaluates important aspects of psychological health in young adults with kidney failure. The findings, which appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), point to the need for additional efforts to address the wellbeing of these patients. In addition to affecting their physical health, […]