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) – In a prospective study, the beta-1 selective blocker bisoprolol proved more effective than the non-selective beta-blocker carvedilol in preventing atrial fibrillation after coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking does not affect outcomes after early clopidogrel use in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), according to findings published in the November…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s no need for people to stop taking aspirin before an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT) because it won’t hamper the performance…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Putting patients on dialysis before they’re symptomatic offers no survival benefit; on the contrary, it may increase their risk of death, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute migraine who find sumatriptan ineffective may have a better response to rizatriptan, according to a study reported in Cephalalgia online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV patients whose regimen includes efavirenz and who experience CNS side effects such as insomnia and nervousness may benefit from a switch to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hydroxychloroquine may reduce the heightened risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Use of hydroxychloroquine to treat rheumatoid arthritis is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While elevated levels of anticardiolipin antibodies are associated with preeclampsia, measuring levels of anticardiolipin antibodies cannot be used to predict risk of preeclampsia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to growing concerns, the incidence of coronary artery aneurysms after implantation of drug-eluting stents is low, and when an aneurysm does occur…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the short term, cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is as effective as radiofrequency catheter ablation, but 6-month recurrence rates are…
