Obesity, Smoking Do Not Impact Long-Term Healing of Wrist Fractures
                    Findings based on one-year postoperative follow-up for range of motion, bone alignment, and function                
            Spine Surgery Safely Performed in Some Very Elderly Patients
                    In a carefully defined cohort of patients 80 years and older, 20 percent had perioperative complications                
            Cannabis Use Disorder May Up Risk of Perioperative Heart Attack
                    Findings in national study of patients undergoing 11 elective surgeries                
            FDA Approves Sale of Low-Nicotine Cigarettes
                    Nicotine content of the two newly approved cigarettes is less than 1 mg per cigarette                
            New Rules Seek to Increase Organ Transplants in U.S.
                    New rules include reimbursing donors for lost wages, tightening standards for organ procurement organizations                
            Congress Could Raise Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21
                    19 states and the District of Columbia have already increased the age to buy tobacco products to 21                
            Possible Measles Exposures Occurred at LA International Airport
                    Three people with measles traveled through the airport on the morning of Dec. 11                
            USPSTF Recommends Behavioral Counseling for STI Prevention
                    Behavioral counseling linked to reduction in odds of STI and with reduction in sexual risk behaviors                
            SAE Rate Higher With Nilotinib Versus Placebo in Parkinson Disease
                    Exploratory biomarkers altered in response to nilotinib, including drop in hyperphosphorylated tau                
            Early Regional Anesthesia Effective for Extremity Injury Pain
                    When given soon after traumatic injury, regional anesthesia is valuable pain management intervention                
             
                