http://www.enttoday.org News Section Rss http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1424671/Health_Reform_101_Use_this_primer_to_navigate_the_changes_ahead.html <p>The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) is described as the most sweeping health care legislation passed in the U.S. since Medicare&rsquo;s implementation in 1965. The health reform law is already changing the health care system, but the most profound modifications are yet to come. The law will affect otolaryngologists&rsquo; practices in many ways, both direct and indirect. Here are some areas of the law to consider.</p> 2011-12-16T05:21:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1420003/In_Memoriam_Patrick_Edgar_Brookhouser_MD.html <p>Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Patrick Edgar Brookhouser, MD, grew up in Missouri Valley, Iowa, where he graduated valedictorian from the local high school. His intellect and natural curiosity earned him numerous academic awards, and he graduated from Creighton University summa cum laude and from Johns Hopkins Medical School as a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.</p> 2011-12-09T18:06:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1362833/Resident_Tips_Private_and_academic_practitioners_offer_career_advice.html <p>For residents embarking on their professional careers or physicians changing a career, navigating the many issues involved in making a decision that will significantly affect both their professional and personal lives can be daunting and challenging. To provide some guidance, practicing physicians with many years of experience in their respective careers discussed these issues during a session held here Sept. 13 at the 2011 American Academy of Otolaryngology&ndash;Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) Annual Meeting.</p> 2011-10-10T19:49:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1362831/Corticosteroid_Confusion_Evidence_lacking_for_most_conditions_panelists_say.html <p>Although steroids are widely used to treat a variety of otolaryngologic conditions, the short- and long-term side effects remain a concern and fuel the need to better understand their proper role. Contributing to the ongoing controversy over their use are gaps in the evidence, panelists said here Sept. 12 at the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting.</p> 2011-10-10T19:46:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1362825/Biofilms_in_Otolaryngology_Relation_to_clinical_disease_needs_more_study_experts.html <p>It is now well recognized that pathogens found in biofilms play a role in many mucosal-based otolaryngologic-related infections, but what that role is and how to prevent or treat biofilms remain unknown, concluded a panel of experts convened here on Sept. 17 at the 2011 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Annual Meeting.</p> 2011-10-10T19:26:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1237659/Making_the_Diagnosis_Sleep_expert_warns_about_OSA_risk_in_obese_children.html <p>The most significant danger to children now is obesity, and of the many related comorbidities that affect obese children, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) will impact a child&rsquo;s life more than anything else, according to Carole Marcus, MD, an invited lecturer here last month at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.Dr. Marcus is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the sleep center at Children&rsquo;s Hospital of Philadelphia.</p> 2011-07-04T19:29:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1237629/Minimizing_Risk_Experts_share_tips_on_how_to_manage_OSA_patients_undergoing_surg.html <p>For patients undergoing surgery, identification of known or suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is critical to avoid or minimize surgical complications that are increased in these patients, experts said here last month at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.</p> 2011-07-04T18:12:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1237627/A_Prevalent_Problem_Studies_report_sleep_deprivation_in_colleagues_patients.html <p>Among the issues highlighted here last month at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, was the effect of inadequate sleep on both the health of the individual and on society at large. Two studies presented at the meeting, for example, looked at the effects of inadequate sleep on health care providers and the risks posed to their health and the health of their patients. Another study put into context just how underreported inadequate sleep and sleep disorders are and elaborated on the challenge this poses to otolaryngologists and others who are on the frontlines managing these disorders.</p> 2011-07-04T18:10:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1237621/Health_Reform_Hits_Sleep_Speakers_encourage_specialists_to_get_involved_in_initi.html <p>As in all of medicine, the future of sleep medicine will be defined in part by changes evolving under the health care reform law and by the need to slow the unsustainable cost of medical care, experts said here last month at a session at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies,</p> 2011-07-04T17:53:00Z http://www.enttoday.org/details/article/1077577/Online_Exclusive_Listen_to_Lord_Ribeiros_COSM_presentation.html <p>British surgeon offers cautionary tale about trainee duty hour limits.</p> 2011-06-09T21:34:00Z