Otolaryngology

But education and shared decision-making can convince some patients to get vaccinated

More infants with early primary surgery had canonical babbling at 1 year

PPV increased to as much as 44.6% with combined-biomarker screening of high-risk patients

Adenotonsillectomy was more likely to resolve difficulty in swallowing versus watchful waiting

Dye-less device works in about 15 seconds

Effect did not depend on nasal discharge color

Hearing loss is more than a marker for dementia risk, it appears

Post-operative treatment, long-term survival may be affected

Compound is still in earliest stages of testing

Failure to initiate adjuvant radiation therapy within 6 weeks tied to survival rates

But concerns about false negative results linger

Higher short-term dysphagia risk with surgery, but RT/CRT had worse 5-year OS

Only 16% of discharge doses were within 5 MME of inpatient daily consumption, study showed

The market is still sorting itself out, experts say