Revision for hip redislocation may maintain reduction in children

SAN DIEGO — Revision surgery for redislocation after open reduction in children with developmental dysplasia of the hip may maintain reduction, according to results presented here.
“Previous authors have reported that it is unusual to have good outcomes following [redislocation]. What this study we have done tells me is that you do not have to give up on these hips if you have not had a first successful surgery and that there are often ways to remedy that situation and have a good outcome in those children,” Robert M. Kay, MD, coauthor and the division chief of orthopedic surgery and medical

FLigHT procedure shows safety, stability at 4 years

LONDON — In the first 12 patients treated, femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy proved to be a long-term safe, noninvasive strategy for sustained IOP reduction in open-angle glaucoma.
Zoltan Z. Nagy, MD, PhD, FEBO, FACS, the surgeon who performed the first-in-human femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculotomy (FLigHT) procedure, presented the results of a prospective, single-center clinical trial at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons meeting.
“We have 48 months of follow-up in 18 eyes of 12 patients with mild to advanced open-angle

Washington resident first to die of bird flu in US this year

A person in Yakima County, Washington, died on Sunday after contracting bird flu from infected cows at a dairy, marking the first fatality from the disease in the United States in 2026.
According to county health officials, the individual had underlying health problems and was “hospitalized with severe illness” before dying.
This is only the third human U.S. fatality related to highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) since early 2024, when the virus was found to have jumped to dairy herds.
Ther have been 72 human cases of the disease in the U.S. as of Oct. 15, according to the CDC, which

Sacituzumab tirumotecan improves endometrial cancer survival

Sacituzumab tirumotecan improved survival 32% compared with chemotherapy for patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to randomized phase 3 trial data presented at European Society for Medical Oncology Congress.
The findings, co-published in The Lancet, showed patients who received sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT, Merck) lived 7 months longer and had twice the overall response rate.
“These findings support sac-TMT as a new standard of care for patients with endometrial cancer who have received platinum-based chemotherapy and immunotherapy and have limited effective

Individualized treatment approach needed for residual subretinal fluid in wet AMD

NEW ORLEANS — In this video from Retina Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS, highlights a debate on whether residual subretinal fluid can be tolerated after wet AMD treatment.
Fekrat, of Duke Health, said not all fluid behaves the same way.
“Intraretinal fluid is generally associated with worse visual outcomes, whereas small amounts of stable subretinal fluid may actually be tolerated in select patients without necessarily compromising vision,” she said.
However, not all residual subretinal fluid in wet age-related macular

Testosterone therapy may lead to CVD risk in postmenopausal women

Testosterone therapy may be associated with a higher risk for CVD for postmenopausal women, according to research presented at The Menopause Society’s annual meeting.
Xuezhi (Daniel) Jiang, MD, PhD, a professor at Drexel University College of Medicine’s department of obstetrics and gynecology, and colleagues wrote that they conducted a cohort study to analyze the connection between testosterone therapy and CVD in postmenopausal women.
“Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of women, and studies like this are important as long-term safety data on testosterone use in women are

Mediterranean food, dairy, carbs: Diets that worsen and improve adult acne

Adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet was associated with lower odds for acne in adults, according to a study published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology.
Among 228,757 UK Biobank participants aged 37 to 73 years who completed validated food frequency questionnaires, researchers also found that higher intake of fatty and sugary foods were associated with likelihood of adult acne, whereas cooked vegetables and fermented dairy foods may lower acne odds.
According to Wendy Hall, PhD, professor of nutritional sciences and head of the department of nutritional

Osteopathic manipulation can address plagiocephaly, researchers say

SAN DIEGO — Osteopathic manipulative treatment could be a safe and feasible option for infants with plagiocephaly — also known as “flat head syndrome” — according to study results presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.
Plagiocephaly is caused by sustained pressure on the back of an infant’s developing skull. It occurs in nearly half of babies and has become seven times more prevalent since federal guidelines began encouraging parents to lay infants on their backs to sleep, according to data referenced by the authors of the new study.
The typical treatment is repositioning

Acute MI in cancer potentially underdiagnosed, undertreated

Patients with cancer may have lower rates of acute MI but higher rates of CV death vs. the general public; however, revascularization for MI reduces risk for CV death vs. medical treatment alone, a speaker reported.
Researchers posited that patients with cancer who experience an acute MI may be underdiagnosed and undertreated due to a healthcare disparity, according to data presented at the TCT Scientific Symposium and simultaneously published in JACC: Asia.
“Patients with cancer are inherently at increased risk of coronary atherosclerosis and arterial thrombosis associated with