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) – Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) is most usefully applied in patients with intermediate risk for disease, because it will identify the ones who…
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel uses the world’s leading technology and medical machinery to outfit their state-of-the-art facility. Take a tour of their new hybird operating rooms with…
Hadassah Hospital, in Ein-Karem, Jerusalem, is currently constructing a new state-of-the-art building, making it one of the world’s leaders in technology and care in the hospital setting. Professor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cerebral microbleeds increase the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in patients taking warfarin, a new study suggests. “These results have potentially worrying implications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is at least as safe in nonintubated versus intubated patients, a small, retrospective study shows. As reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with a textbook case of “typical” angina are no more likely than patients with atypical or nonanginal chest pain to have inducible…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An iPhone with dedicated software for evaluation of coronary CT angiography (CTA) is highly accurate for detecting and excluding significant stenosis, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dizziness in the elderly is caused by cardiovascular disease in over half of patients seen in primary care, according to new research from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is an effective and safe treatment for renal calculi in children, French researchers report in the June issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biliary stenting can be an effective therapy for large or multiple common bile duct (CBD) stones, new research shows. With two months of…
