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Block reversal using sugammadex is associated with better respiratory outcomes than that using neostigmine in adults undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, a study finds.

Disease can be measured, but illness is lived — and doctors who ignore that distinction risk missing what their patients are really going through.

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.

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