Daniel R. Schimmel, MD, explains how balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) uses balloons and specialized catheters to open narrowed vessels in the lungs to improve circulation and reduce symptoms…
Nick Norwitz interviews Aseem Malhotra, MD, a consultant cardiologist, on controversial new findings challenging LDL cholesterol’s role as an independent risk factor for heart disease. They discuss data…
Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease usually includes taking a variety of medications regularly. However, even after experiencing a heart attack or stroke many patients do not take…
Hypertension or high blood pressure affects 65 million Americans. Uncontrolled, it can put people at risk for heart attack and stroke. A new study examined how a large-scale…
The Doctor’s Channel’s Michael Banks, MD and MedGadget’s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, bring you the future of the exam room, The Smartphone Physical. With the growing importance of mobility, data…
The Medicare program has different financial incentives. Under Medicare Fee-for-Service, patients are billed for each individual procedure they undergo. Under Medicare Advantage, patients have an annual fixed amount…
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dual HER2 blockade didn’t increase heart problems in a meta-analysis of data from patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. “The combination…
Herbert Insel, MD, and Clinical Instructor at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the benefits of a prudent lifestyle. He councils fellow physicians on how to educate patients on a prudent lifestyle,…
Mental stress can induce episodes of myocardial ischemia, which can result from an imbalance of blood flow supply and demand to the heart. A new study examined whether…
The Doctor’s Channel’s very own David Best, MD, MBA, and MedGadget‘s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, team up to bring you the hottest new gadgets for physicians and patients.…
Herbert Insel, MD, and Clinical Instructor at NYU Langone Medical Center, talks about the latest research on the health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet. He explains the the diet…
John Kenny, MD, Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, co-author of Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual (Elsevier 2013), discusses a new study (published in the American Journal of Psychiatry) that followed a…
