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Researchers find that declining placental NAD+ levels may promote labor onset, opening new avenues for predicting preterm birth and developing preventive strategies.

Doctors are taught to work without limits, but the ‘rebellious’ act of setting boundaries may ensure two crucial things: better performance and career longevity.

Experts warn that chronic pain remains undertreated and call for earlier referral, nonpharmacologic options, and a more patient-centered care model.

Using pure oxygen during anesthetic washout and extubation may affect end-expiratory lung volume and center of ventilation in a way consistent with lung collapse, a study finds.

Overall surgical case volume has not kept pace with the increasing prevalence of higher-BMI obesity, analysis shows.

Ambient intelligent scribes are gaining momentum in clinics, but lack of regulation and inaccuracies raise concerns.

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