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) – Patients with an acute coronary syndrome referred for invasive treatment have similar outcomes whether they are given double-dose or standard-dose clopidogrel plus higher-dose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By lowering heart rate, the selective sinoatrial current inhibitor ivabradine improves outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure and an elevated heart rate,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome initially treated with the synthetic factor Xa inhibitor fondaparinux do not have significantly lower…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While clopidogrel’s effectiveness in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes is affected by a patient’s genotype, the efficacy of ticagrelor is not. Therefore,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of the dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor alogliptin and the thiazolidinedione pioglitazone effectively reduces HbA1c in patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rapid fluid replenishment “remarkably” improves the detection rate of patent foramen ovale (PFO) by transesophageal echocardiography, a multicenter team reports in the American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After surgically induced remission of Crohn’s disease, treatment with mesalamine reduces the risk of relapse somewhat; sulfasalazine, however, has no apparent benefit, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among adult patients being treated for hematologic malignancies and who are at high risk for tumor lysis syndrome with hyperuricemia, intravenous rasburicase does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While contact isolation precautions are recommended for all patients colonized or infected with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), a European study shows that isolation is…
