Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand cardiovascular disease. Cortisol has effects in causing disease over the long-term. It lowers growth hormone levels, increases…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand mental health. Seventy five to 90% of patients seek primary care for stress-related conditions. By 2020, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Finasteride reduces clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) over the long term in men with prostate volumes of 30 mL or greater,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel improves outcomes not only in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, but also in MI patients revascularized by coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with chronic rhinosinusitis accompanied by nasal polyps, treatment first with oral steroids followed by topical steroids is more effective than just…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Chronically HIV-infected individuals show brain damage even when the disease is otherwise stable because of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rifaximin improves driving simulator performance in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy, researchers report in the February issue of Gastroenterology. “The study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining electrocardiographic P-axis and QRS duration data can provide enhanced criteria for emphysema detection, researchers report in a February 9th on-line paper in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adult patients with asthma exacerbations do as well with 2 days of oral dexamethasone as with 5 days of oral prednisone, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A “focused update” to existing guidelines on the management of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) states that the recently approved oral direct thrombin…