NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is much more active in humans during the winter than in the summer, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion imaging on single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) don’t need additional rest imaging, say researchers from The Methodist…
Michael Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses electronic medical records (EMR) at UCLA, including data access for doctors, web portals, inpatient nursing electronic…
Marsha Guess, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Yale University, discusses altered sexual function in women and a Yale study that is looking at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Monofilament testing alone is inadequate for diagnosing peripheral neuropathy, according to a systematic literature review done by physicians in The Netherlands. As the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blood transfusion is safe and may be beneficial in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, say researchers from Israel in the October American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Individuals with minimal or no coronary calcification face a low risk of cardiovascular events, according to results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nicotinic acid can reduce carotid atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with low HDL cholesterol levels, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is modestly effective in preventing urinary tract infections (UTI) in predisposed children, according to a report in The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A central pulse pressure (PP) of 50 mmHg or higher is predictive of future MI, coronary heart disease, and other cardiovascular events, according…