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) – Doctors shouldn’t rely on sputum color when deciding whether to prescribe antibiotics to cough patients, according to a new study in the European…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Discontinuing clopidogrel before abdominal operation — whether elective or emergent — may not be necessary, a New York team advises. When discontinuation is…
NEW YORK (Reuter Health) – With the availability of more sensitive troponin I assays, lowering the diagnostic threshold for detection of myocardial necrosis from 0.20 to 0.05 ng/mL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity is an independent risk factor for the development of venous thromboembolic events (VTEs). That’s one of the findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with HIV treated at outpatient clinics may be at an increased risk of bone fractures, according to a new study published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review published by the Cochrane Library concludes that artesunate should replace quinine as the standard treatment for severe malaria. Dr. David Sinclair,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of zoledronate prevents bone loss associated with glucocorticoid therapy given for acute exacerbation of Crohn’s disease, a German team reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Elderly women who were treated for urinary tract infections with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for hyperkalemia in the…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, President of the Joint Commission, discusses flu vaccination in the workplace. When healthcare workers are vaccinated at high rates, transmission in hospitals is reduced,…
Thomas K. Byrne, MD, Professor General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of South California, discusses obesity and surgery. The criteria for surgery are a BMI over 40 plus…
