(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Lead wires implanted for conduction system pacing have thus far been feasible to remove despite their more challenging characteristics, a multicenter study showed. The leads were removed with manual traction alone...

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Pregnant healthcare workers had increased risk for several adverse maternal outcomes compared to nonhealthcare workers, a retrospective cohort study found. Ana Collins-Smith, MD, of the University of Texas...

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...

(MedPage Today) -- The Senate has an opportunity to increase access to preventive health interventions by passing legislation that would better measure the long-term budget savings that these interventions would generate. Senators should pass...

(MedPage Today) -- The 35 American and other international doctors came to Gaza in volunteer teams to help one of the territory's few hospitals still functioning. They brought suitcases full of medical supplies and had trained for one of the worst...

(MedPage Today) -- Social media use among adolescents and young adults was associated with a higher likelihood of smoking and vaping, a national longitudinal study from the U.K. found. In individuals ages 10 to 25 years, even those who spent less...