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Significant skin tightening can be achieved by immediate temporary noninvasive wound closure after short pulse Erbium:YAG fractional ablative laser treatment or after mechanically removing skin with a coring needle

Immediate Wound Closure After Laser Improves Skin Tightening

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Noninvasive closure, coring needle skin removal effectively close fractional ablative laser holes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an initiative to examine which provider regulations should be discarded or revamped amid concerns that the regulations are reducing the amount of time that physicians spend with patients

CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations

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Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
Depressive symptoms increase during the internship year for training physicians

Depressive Symptoms Increase During Internship Year

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Significantly greater increase seen among women; sex disparity partly due to work-family conflict
For patients undergoing orbital floor fracture repair

Post-Op Complications Low for Orbital Floor Fracture Repair

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No significant difference in post-op complications for patients undergoing repair by plastic, ENT surgeon
Receipt of gifts from pharmaceutical companies is associated with more prescriptions per patient and more costly prescriptions

Gifts From Pharma Companies Influence Prescribing Behavior

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Clinicians who receive gifts write more prescriptions per patient, more costly and branded prescriptions
Opioid-free anesthesia is feasible and well-tolerated

ASA: Opioid-Free Anesthesia Feasible for Surgical Procedures

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Only 36 percent of patients request oral opioid meds in PACU despite receiving opioid-free anesthesia

September 2017 Briefing – Cosmetic Surgery

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cosmetic Surgery for September 2017. This roundup includes the...
A joint effort between students at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design is training future physicians in design thinking to help identify and repair health system issues that contribute to physician burnout

Design Thinking Enables Med Students to Solve Challenges

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Partnership with design students focuses on innovative solutions to health system issues
Patients after rhinoplasty are perceived as more attractive

Patients Perceived as More Attractive After Rhinoplasty

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Procedure linked to perception that patients appear more attractive, more successful, healthier
Clinicians' job satisfaction is associated with improved burnout scores and reduced intention to leave their practices

Clinician Job Satisfaction Linked to Improved Burnout Scores

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Reduced intention to leave practice for clinicians who report increased job satisfaction during follow-up