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 Prove-it sepsis assay (Mobidiag, Helsinki, Finland) is highly sensitive and specific in identifying bacterial species in blood samples and provides much faster…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Abatacept, an agent that modifies the costimulatory signal required for T-cell activation, does not increase malignancy rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methadone is a safe, effective first- or second-line treatment of cancer pain, even in outpatients, a retrospective study suggests. Concerns over its long…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that high-dose vitamin D can be safely given to breast cancer patients with bone metastases, but it will not affect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) provides no benefit after acute ischemic stroke, and may even be dangerous, particularly in patients receiving systemic thrombolysis. These…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research shows that antidiabetes agents are not equal when it comes to cardiovascular risks and mortality. According to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels are linked with an increased risk of stent thrombosis and cardiovascular events in patients with drug-eluting stents, say…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery is probably higher and longer-lasting than previously thought, data from the UK’s Million Women Study…
Jack Percelay, MD, MPH, FAAP, Pediatric Hospitalist, E.L.M.O. Pediatrics, speaking here at the 2009 Pediatric Hospitalist Conference in Tampa, Fla, discusses his role as a board member of…
Jack Percelay, MD, MPH, FAAP, Pediatric Hospitalist, speaking here at the 2009 Pediatric Hospitalist Conference in Tampa, Fla, discusses how to calculate investment return for pediatric hospital medicine…
