Surgery

Phone call OK instead of visit for routine post-op follow-up

(HealthDay)—A telephone visit can be safely substituted for the standard clinic visit as postoperative follow-up for certain types of ambulatory surgery, and most patients report a high degree of satisfaction, according ...

Addiction

Wastewater study flushes out drug habits

In the first wastewater study of drug use in New Zealand, methamphetamine was the most commonly detected illegal drug in Auckland.

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