Cognitive behavioral digital therapeutic effects on distress and quality of life in patients with cancer: National randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Cancer-specific psychological interventions like cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) demonstrate distress (e.g., anxiety/depression) and quality of life (QoL) benefits.

A Case of Painful Visual Loss - Managing Orbital Compartment Syndrome in the Emergency Department.

Audience: Emergency medicine (EM) residents. This simulation curriculum may also be utilized for senior medical students conducting EM rotations.

Background: Ophthalmologic education represents only a small portion of medical school curriculums and continues to decrease over time, leaving physicians poorly equipped to diagnose and manage eye complaints.

Perioperative Management of Patients with Craniomaxillofacial Trauma.

Successful surgical management of patients with facial fractures requires a detailed preoperative evaluation and postoperative management that differs from elective surgical patients. This review presents evidence-based recommendations from the surgical and anesthesiology literature that address many of the clinical questions that arise during the perioperative management of this group of patients. Surgeons and anesthesiologists must work together at numerous points and make joint decisions, especially where airway and pain management challenges may arise.

Outcomes and Management of Infants Who Refer Newborn Hearing Screening.

Objectives: With the implementation of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, early diagnosis and referral has been expedited. Many patients who refer screening pass subsequent testing with otoacoustic emissions (OAE) or auditory brainstem response (ABR). The objective of our study was to identify the incidence and etiology of hearing loss in infants who refer initial testing in an urban, tertiary care pediatric otolaryngology practice.

U.S. EPA oversight of pesticide traits in genetically modified plants and recent biotechnology innovation efforts.

Before pesticides can be sold in the United States, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must evaluate them thoroughly to ensure that they meet U.S. federal pesticide registration standards for human health and the environment.