NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even a short period of 4 to 8 weeks of smoking cessation prior to surgery to treat upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children and adolescents who use stimulant medications, primarily methylphenidate, are at increased risk for sudden death, according to a report in The American…
Stuart Gitlow, MD, MPH, MBA, Executive Director, Annenberg Physician Training Program in Addictive Disease, discusses alcoholism and argues that it is in fact a disease rather than a…
Craig R Sweet, MD, Reproductive, Endocrinology and Infertility Specialist, discusses the fate of frozen embryos. In the US alone there are 400,000-500,000 cryopreserved human embryos, some of which…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In asymptomatic individuals at intermediate risk for atherosclerosis, the absence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a valuable “negative risk factor” for major…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The genotype for the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) is not a risk factor for depression, nor does it interact with stressful life events to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly a third of caregivers do not use albuterol properly when their child has an asthma exacerbation, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thrombolysis with intravenous alteplase is a safe and effective treatment for young patients with acute hemispheric ischemic stroke, Finnish researchers report. Prior research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a randomized study of patients with acute attacks of migraine, real acupuncture proved more effective than two different types of sham acupuncture…
Dr. Lubna Pal, MD, is a Director of the Reproductive Aging and Bone Health Program at Yale Reproductive Endocrinology, specializing in the areas of infertility, reproductive aging and…
