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) – A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Continuing to take low-dose aspirin after endoscopic treatment of a bleeding peptic ulcer raises the risk for re-bleeding but may also reduce mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compressions is common and prolonged when paramedics attempt to perform endotracheal intubation at the same time, research indicates.…
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer Policy Division for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Executive Director Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative-Effectiveness Research at Health and…
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Chief Medical Officer Policy Division for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Executive Director Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative-Effectiveness Research at Health and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An “important” relation exists between platelet reactivity and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease who are on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE), computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is more than twice as likely to show an unexpected nodule or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women younger than 65 years old and men younger than 55 with acute chest pain benefit most from cardiac CT angiography (CTA) for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic renal disease appears to reduce platelet responsiveness to clopidogrel, according to a Korean research team. Furthermore, increasing the dose of clopidogrel does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transfusion of two rather than one unit of partially HLA-matched umbilical cord blood (UCB) appears to reduce the risk of relapse in leukemia…
