Proximal hypoglossal nerve stimulation found effective for obstructive sleep apnea
1. In this randomized controlled trial, proximal hypoglossal nerve stimulation (pHGNS) was effective in improving obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in ...
Transcranial ultrasound stimulation may modulate acute heat pain perception
1. Primary somatosensory cortex stimulation lowered heat pain threshold and heat pain tolerance in the contralateral hand. 2. Both primary ...
Large language models (LLMs) performed poorly in navigating early clinical diagnostic uncertainty
1. Rao and colleagues evaluated the clinical reasoning performance of 21 off-the-shelf LLMs across 29 standardized clinical vignettes. 2. While ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 20, 2026
Outcomes After Minor Ischemic Stroke in Older Patients Treated With IV Thrombolysis vs Standard of Care in the TEMPO-2 Trial ...
Asundexian may reduce recurrent ischemic stroke without increased bleeding risk
1. In this randomized controlled trial involving patients with recent noncardioembolic ischemic cerebrovascular accident, asundexian in combination with antiplatelet therapy ...
Transcranial magnetic stimulation may reduce combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms
1. In adult patients with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) undergoing residential treatment (RT), those receiving active transcranial magnetic stimulation ...
High-flow nasal oxygen therapy may not be superior to standard oxygen therapy after cardiac surgery
1. Routine high-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNOT) following extubation did not improve outcomes compared to standard oxygen therapy (SOT) in ...
Segment 4b/5 resection offers no survival advantage over wedge resection in gallbladder cancer
1. The more invasive segment 4b/5 resection did not improve overall or disease-free survival compared to wedge resection in gallbladder ...
Simvastatin (Zocor) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol) may provide treatment benefit compared to paclitaxel alone for small cell lung cancer
1. Simvastatin (Zocor) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol) is well tolerated and associated with significantly reduced disease progression compared to ...
Adjunctive prednisolone does not reduce coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease
1. In this randomized controlled trial involving children with newly diagnosed Kawasaki disease, adjunctive prednisolone did not reduce the incidence ...
