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) – The longitudinal decline in lung function seen in patients with common variable immunodeficiency and X-linked agammaglobulinemia is related to immunoglobulin replacement level and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children under 6 years of age who unwittingly ingest a sulfonylurea may not exhibit symptoms of hypoglycemia for up to 18 hours if…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pediatric patients undergoing minor but painful procedures experience significantly less pain when given inhaled nitrous oxide, according to the results of a randomized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Danish observational study provides no evidence that use of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) is associated with an increased risk of incident cancer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Insulin resistance substantially curbs the chances of a sustained viral response following standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stroke patients who receive care in a stroke unit combined with early supported discharge are more likely to be living at home 5…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study from China indicates that vardenafil has favorable effects in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Dr. Zhi-Cheng Jing, at Tongji University…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is some evidence to support the use of immunosuppressive therapy to avoid relapse in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but more research is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) come down with community-acquired pneumonia, whether or not they use inhaled corticosteroids has no effect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among psychotropic agents administered to elderly patients for behavioral symptoms, atypical antipsychotics are safer than — or at least as safe as —…
