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) – Herd immunity is not enough to protect unvaccinated children against pertussis. A case-control study based on detailed, individual-level clinical data indicates that children…
Daniel Rauch MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center, Member of NYU Pediatric Inpatient Associates discusses important changes in and challenges to pediatrics in the near…
Daniel Rauch MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center, Member of NYU Pediatric Inpatient Associates discusses the current FDA recommendations for treating children with viral syndrome…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with severe sepsis, early rather than later treatment with drotrecogin alfa (activated), in conjunction with other recommended therapies, may improve survival,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gestational diabetes markedly and persistently increases the risk of future type 2 diabetes, according to a report in the May 23rd issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Full-term neonates delivered through elective repeat cesarean have higher rates of respiratory morbidity, hypoglycemia, and admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)…
Modern Physician explores the dispute surrounding private, freestanding emergency departments. Private companies can operate their freestanding EDs without regulatory oversight. Hospitals argue this advantage compromises quality of care,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a large meta-analysis of trial data suggest that blood pressure-lowering drugs can help prevent cardiovascular disease in any at-risk individual,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although schizophrenia is associated with an increased risk of violent crime, after accounting for substance abuse, the risk is relatively small, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blacks are almost twice as likely as whites to develop acute lung injury (ALI), according to study findings presented Tuesday at the American…
