NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – L-carnitine supplements can improve liver function, liver histology and other manifestations of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Italian researchers say. “L-carnitine supplementation induces regression of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tight glycemic control may increase the risks of mortality and cardiovascular disease, new research suggests. Moderate control, with glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with hypertensive nephropathy and metabolic acidosis, alkali treatment reduces tubulointerstitial injury and slows the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only two visits to the pulmonary function lab — one for pre- and post-bronchodilatory spirometry and one for a methacholine challenge test —…
Miguel Materin, MD, Director of Ocular Oncology Section, Yale Eye Center, discusses uveal melanoma treatment which depends on saving the patient’s life before consideration of saving the eye…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses a recent study, “Your Brain on Google” in which blood flow patterns were compared…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive spine surgery and the reasons why it has taken…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses cleft lip and palate, which has an incidence of around one in 600 births.Surgical interventions…
David Heber, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, discusses low back pain and weight loss, and talks about how 10 pounds of weight in…
Joshua Grill, PhD, Director, Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Development Program, UCLA, discusses new therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease. The FDA has currently approved 5 symptomatic therapies…