In an interview for NBC News, Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, affiliate assistant professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at…
Dileep R. Yavagal, MD, Professor of Neurology & Neurosurgery and Chief Interventional Neurologist at the University of Miami – Miller School of Medicine, describes a treatment that has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The earlier a patient with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) receives clopidogrel before primary coronary intervention (PCI), the better, according to a study in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral zinc is not an effective treatment for acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in children from developed countries, suggest results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in young, active people, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears can be managed without early reconstruction, Swedish researchers say. At least 200,000 ACL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with febrile neutropenia on high doses of cefepime may be at risk for neurological toxicity, according to a study published online July…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) can’t be reliably estimated via catheters inserted through the femoral vein, researchers report in the July issue of Chest…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of traumatic occult pneumothorax, observation is apparently just as safe as the usual practice of immediate tube thoracostomy, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The practice of inserting a filter in the inferior ven cava before performing gastric bypass surgery does not reduce the postoperative occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s guidance on the dosing of prophylactic oseltamivir for premature neonates exposed to H1N1 influenza, in a “Brief Report” in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes are better for patients with total coronary artery occlusions when percutaneous coronary intervention is performed with sirolimus-eluting stents rather than with bare…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eptifibatide and tirofiban are effective alternatives to abciximab given during primary percutaneous intervention for ST-elevation MI, according to the results of a meta-analysis…