Meet the nurse who is the nation's leader in co-op

Published Date: 02 Mar 2023

Donna Lamb is using her medical education perspective in her latest leadership role, from her job as a critical care nurse to working with doctors to connect nurses who are checking patients on the job during the outbreak.

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Registry data show that tenecteplase shortens door-to-needle and door-in-door-out times compared with alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Among older adults with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, those aged 75 years or older face a notable burden of polypharmacy.

A deep learning system uses multiwindow encoding to classify and map six acute life-threatening abdominal emergencies on CT scans to a clinical nine-region grid.

Medical evidence continues to grow rapidly, and these five practical strategies help physicians prioritize high-quality research, use AI effectively, and stay current more efficiently.

Experts push back against concerns of overmedicalization and confusing staging with the new AHA/ACC guideline on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.

Eleven new molecular drug targets receive approval in 2025, expanding treatment options for rare diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases.

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