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) – In patients with peptic ulcers, eradication of Helicobacter pylori seemed to double the risk of new-onset reflux – but only in cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) can help prevent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an analysis of randomized trials suggests that the benefits…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endovascular surgery on the descending thoracic aorta offers many advantages over open surgery, including fewer complications, a reduced risk of early mortality and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with diabetes and complex multivessel coronary artery disease, the risk of repeat vascularization within one year is elevated 3-fold after percutaneous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The presence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with pulmonary embolism is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single negative whole-leg compression ultrasound (CUS) can effectively rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many patients, according to a meta-analysis in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with schizophrenia, clozapine does not seem to increase the risk of cardiovascular death relative to risperidone, despite known differences in cardiometabolic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with Barrett’s esophagus, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) before or after anti-reflux surgery can reduce metaplasia and dysplasia, but whether the multi-treatment approach…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in high-risk patients without placing them on cardiopulmonary bypass does not increase their risk of short-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Starting heparin in the emergency department (ED) rather than after admission may improve the survival of patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), according…
