David Ciccolella, MD, Associate Professor at Temple University in the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, talks about National Asthma Education and Prevention Program’s updated guidelines for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that as the frequency of vigorous exercise increases, so does the risk of atrial fibrillation. “Although vigorous exercise has numerous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research provides reassurance that metoclopramide, the drug of choice in many countries for controlling pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, can be safely used…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biomarkers of systemic inflammation are independent predictors of mortality, cardiovascular events, and amputation-free survival in patients undergoing lower extremity revascularization (LER), new research…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, makes the case for doctors to start treating patients as equals, citing the examples…
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, makes the case for doctors to provide meaningful information so that patients leave an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excessive weight, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension in mid-life are strongly correlated with the development of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, investigators report in an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Failure to get a full night’s sleep can lead to weight gain or compromise the beneficial effects of a reduced calorie diet on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Waist size and body mass index are independently associated with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in school-age children, according to research in the June…
