The remarkable new tools of the genomic generation have been used by researchers at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles, Translational Genomics Research Institute in Phoenix, and the University of Antwerp, Belgium, to zero in on genes that cause presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss.
Although expenses related to medical malpractice are often seen as a cost of doing business, the experience of litigation is a personal, as well as a professional assault. A malpractice suit attacks a physician’s integrity and confidence.
I would like to comment on your article Watchful Waiting May Be the Best Strategy, by Sheri Polley, in the November 2006 issue of ENToday.
The prevalence of biofilms was discussed in several presentations at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings here.
How can head and neck surgeons best meet the changing needs of patients and trainees in the 21st century?
Perioperative steroids have a clinically significant impact on the technical aspects of surgery and improve objective surgical outcomes in the short and medium term, according to research and a new scoring system presented April 26 by Triological Society Mosher Award recipient Erin D. Wright, MD, FRCSC, at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings.
Since President Richard M. Nixon declared a war on cancer more than 30 years ago, the battle still rages on several fronts.
ENToday recently reported on a move toward more conservative use of antibiotics and ventilation tubes in the treatment of pediatric ear infections.
According to the American Cancer Society, smokers are six times more likely than nonsmokers to develop oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers.