Marsha Kay, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Director, Endoscopy Unit, discusses management of children who have swallowed foreign objects, starting with an X-ray. Summary: About 90%…
Marsha Kay, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Hospital Cleveland Clinic, Director, Endoscopy Unit, discusses consequences of swallowing coins and batteries in kids. Some dangers include tracheoesophageal fistulae from a…
Gary Falk, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders, Cleveland Clinic, discusses Barrett’s esophagus and its treatment in patients with dysplasia. Summary: 1.…
Chad Deal, MD, Rheumatologist, Head, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease, Cleveland Clinic, discusses anabolic agents that build bone, the current parathyroid hormone drugs and the future…
Lenard Adler, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Director, Adult ADHD Program, NYU School of Medicine, discusses adult ADHD research for which longitudinal studies are…
Enjoy the highlights from the 2009 Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference! Pediatric Hospital Medicine conference is the largest meeting of pediatric hospitalists of the year. The goal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of childhood cancer survivors, treatment with total body or abdominal irradiation was associated with an increased risk of diabetes later…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Propranolol is a safe treatment for severe infantile hemangiomas that can markedly shorten the disease course, according to findings from a small study…
Charles Lockwood, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services, Yale School of Medicine, discusses research initiatives looking at placental abruption and how it triggers…
Todd Schaeffer, MD, FACS, Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, discusses endoscopic techniques and the use of direct…
