Addiction is a chronic illness affecting millions of Americans. It is essential to determine whether a patient may have a genetic predisposition to substance abuse prior to writing…
Antibiotics are an important tool in a physician’s arsenal, but evidence suggests that prescribing antibiotics may not always be the best initial course of action, even when that…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture, the different training programs in the US and how to interpret the…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture, which is currently practiced by between 4000 and 5000 physicians in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the general population of patients with elevated blood pressure, there is currently no evidence to support aiming for a blood pressure (BP)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A phase III clinical trial comparing treatments for relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma indicates that temsirolimus (Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia) significantly improves progression-free…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term strenuous activity may cut the risk of breast cancer in women, but may have a harmful effect on cognition, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As plasma levels of adiponectin, a protein produced by fat cells, rise, the risk of type 2 diabetes decreases, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes who follow either a low-carbohydrate diet or a low-fat diet have similar outcomes after one year in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in children, a high-flow open nasal cannula may be as effective as a continuous positive airway pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a prospective observational study confirm an increased risk of death in patients with ischemic stroke and moderate to severe obstructive sleep…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High intake of saturated and monounsaturated fat may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the…
