Dr. Sydney Burwell, Dean of Harvard Medical School 1956

My students are dismayed when I say to them "Half of what you are taught as medical students will in 10 years have been shown to be wrong.
And the trouble is, none of your teachers know which half."



Monday, February 10, 2014

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Drug Combo Saves Kids' Tonsils in Mild OSA (CME/CE)
The anti-inflammatory asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) plus intranasal corticosteroids was an effective initial alternative to surgery for mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, a retrospective study showed.

That strategy was associated with normalization of sleep findings in 62%, David Gozal, MD, of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital, and colleagues found. Overall, taking into account nonadherence and parents refusing the strategy, 81% were able to avoid surgery, the researchers reported online in Chest. MedPage Today
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