Samuel I. Fink, MD, FACP, internal medicine specialist in private practice in Tarzana, California, and his daughter, Sarrica Fink, RN, previously in practice at Cedar Sinai Medical Center…
Jenny C. Yip, PsyD, ABPP, shares advice for HCPs who may be struggling with anxiety or depression as a result of months of practicing medicine and managing personal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidney failure during hemolytic uremic syndrome is less likely to develop in children with diarrhea due to virulent E. coli infection if they’re…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Weight-based insulin doses up to 0.6 unit/kg are associated with a low risk of hypoglycemia, according to a report in the June 23rd…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with atrial fibrillation on amiodarone, the incidence of thyroid dysfunction is identical in those taking the brand-name formulation of the drug…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving elderly patients with acute MI a clopidogrel loading dose of 300 mg or more rather than a lower conventional dose doesn’t increase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new population-based study finds the incidence of pulmonary complications associated with amiodarone to be relatively low, but still 50% higher among patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), combination antithrombotic therapy with an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet increases the risk for clinically relevant bleeding with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids with minor blunt head trauma generally don’t need to be kept for observation after their first computed tomography (CT) scan comes back…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When acute appendicitis is suspected, preoperative assessment by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) has very high positive and negative predictive values, according to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure depends on their QRS interval; CRT does not reduce adverse clinical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The dilemma of when to start antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients presenting with tuberculous meningitis associated with HIV infection has been answered by…
