NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A combined oral contraceptive containing nomegestrol acetate and 17beta-estradiol (E2) taken in a 24–4-day regimen is somewhat more effective in preventing pregnancy than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite a guideline in Canada recommending the use of opioids to relieve refractory dyspnea in COPD patients, physicians there are reluctant to do…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A population-based study conducted in Canada has uncovered an association between starting fibrate therapy and an increase in serum creatinine in older patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women older than age 30 are no more likely than younger women to develop hypothyroidism in pregnancy, suggest results a study from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, twice daily inhalation of either 200 or 400 mcg aclidinium bromide significantly improves FEV1, and…
Think yoga is easy? Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FS points out that age, level of physical strength combined with complex Yoga poses can lead to serious injuries.
While there are certain benefits to practicing yoga, injuries do happen. Dr. Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FRCSC discusses the criteria for injuries that require the attention of an orthopedist.…
Bal Rajagopalan, MD, FRCSC discusses the efforts of The Iraq Star, a non-profit foundation dedicated to providing the reconstructive surgeries to assist war veterans recovering from physical and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An episode of herpes zoster is associated with an increased risk of developing anterior uveitis in the following year, according to the results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are prescribed statin therapy for hypercholesterolemia or ischemic heart disease are at increased risk of death from…