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Findings support use of lung imaging for clinically defining bronchiectasis, study authors say

How long should people with appendicitis wait before going to theatre? 1822 people with presumed uncomplicated appendicitis admitted to hospital in Norway and Finland were randomised to have an appendicectomy either within 8 hours (which might mean operating overnight) or within 24 hours. There was no statistically significant difference in rates of perforation at appendicectomy between the two groups (8% and 9% respectively) or in outcomes at 30 days. The findings suggest that those with uncomplicated appendicitis—which in this study meant excluding people with a C reactive protein level of...

Physicians should never be asked to solicit donations from patients, ACP position paper warns

Will chronotype be weaved into risk calculators of the future? Chronotype is another way of saying whether someone is an early bird or a night owl, and the bad news for night owls is that a prospective cohort study of nurses aged between 45 and 62 years has found that people with “definitely evening” chronotypes were more likely to have unhealthy lifestyles and were at higher risk of diabetes (hazard ratio for diabetes 1.72 (95% CI 1.50 to 1.98) compared with “definitely morning” people). As always, further research is needed, but maybe in decades time, when we’re completing a QRISK1...

/PRNewswire/ -- MAPS Public Benefit Corporation ("MAPS PBC"), a clinical-stage company dedicated to changing the way mental health conditions are treated,...