Use of contrast material improves aortic valve assessment during echocardiography: a study

Jul 10 2026 This Week in Cardiology

Listener feedback on ICE vs TEE in AF ablation, fractional flow reserve without a wire or catheter, more bad news for ticagrelor, the POLY-HF trial, and oxygen targets after cardiac arrest are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.

Physician Mental Health & Well-Being Report

Physicians know what a healthy life looks like: eat right, exercise, nurture relationships. But they don’t always recognize when the patient who needs the most attention is themselves.

Anesthesiologist MDs Beat CRNAs in Trademark Fight

Anesthesiologists are fighting to reserve that name for MDs, not nurse anesthetists. MDs recently won a trademark battle, but nurses say they’ll keep using ‘nurse anesthesiologist.’

FDA Probes Anesthesia-linked Neurological Complications in Some Patients Of Venezuelan Ancestry

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it is investigating the safety ⁠of sevoflurane and other general anesthetics after reports of severe neurologic...

Dignity Therapy: What Matters Most in End-of-Life Care?

Dignity therapy helps preserve identity, meaning, and dignity during serious illness through structured life review and compassionate listening.

Medscape Patient Relationship Index Report 2026

Postsurgical Nerve Injury in Woman With Pelvic Pain

Ultrasound identifies genitofemoral nerve injury in a woman with chronic pelvic pain after cosmetic surgery, enabling targeted treatment and lasting symptomatic relief.

Aligning Evidence With Action: Navigating New and Emerging Non-Opioid Options in Acute Perioperative Pain

Aligning Evidence With Action: Navigating New and Emerging Non-Opioid Options in Acute Perioperative Pain

Advances in Perioperative Pain Management: Integrating Emerging Non-Opioid Therapies Into Multimodal Treatment Pathways

Advances in Perioperative Pain Management: Integrating Emerging Non-Opioid Therapies Into Multimodal Treatment Pathways

Whole Blood Not Better Than Components En Route to Hospital After Traumatic Injury

Lack of lower 30-day mortality seen in TOWAR trial data might push guideline changes

What an Anesthesiologist Actually Does

Max Feinstein, MD, pulls back the curtain on anesthesia care

Tranexamic Acid Makes Noncardiac Surgery Safer

— Large randomized trial reassures that transfusion reduction doesn't come at thromboembolic cost

Shorter, Scalable CBT Models Ease Chronic Pain in Two RCTs

Two randomized clinical trials suggest that brief, virtual, and self-directed CBT models can reduce pain interference and expand access to evidence-based chronic pain care.

Patients With Chronic Pain May Find Relief With IV Lidocaine

An intravenous infusion of lidocaine in patients with chronic pain is associated with clinically meaningful relief from pain and mild side effects, a study finds.

How Hypnosis Transformed Medicine in France

In 19th-century France, hypnosis moved from medical experiment to public spectacle, reshaping debates over mind, body, and control.

Can AI Save Doctors From Missed Diagnoses?

For AI to be useful, we must also tackle the problem of alert fatigue.