NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single negative whole-leg compression ultrasound (CUS) can effectively rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in many patients, according to a meta-analysis in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether clopidogrel is abruptly stopped or slowly tapered, there is no evidence of a rebound in platelet activity, German researchers report. They point…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in high-risk patients without placing them on cardiopulmonary bypass does not increase their risk of short-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with hypertensive nephropathy and metabolic acidosis, alkali treatment reduces tubulointerstitial injury and slows the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive cardiac surgery using the Da Vinci Robot, which now gives patients…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive spine surgery and the reasons why it has taken…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses cleft lip and palate, which has an incidence of around one in 600 births.Surgical interventions…
Joshua Grill, PhD, Director, Katherine and Benjamin Kagan Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Development Program, UCLA, discusses new therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease. The FDA has currently approved 5 symptomatic therapies…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The pure class III anti-arrhythmic drug nifekalant is more effective than lidocaine for terminating refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT), Japanese…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating septic shock with steroids produces hyperglycemia, but patients are no better off with intensive insulin therapy than with conventional glucose control, according…