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) – Long-term ambrisentan therapy safely improves exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of an extension protocol that followed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In kidney transplant recipients, bringing hemoglobin levels above 125 g/L with erythropoietin may increase mortality, according to a report in the November 6th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercise-induced ST-segment elevation in patients who never had a myocardial infarction (MI) is a highly specific marker of coronary artery disease and a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blood transfusion is safe and may be beneficial in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, say researchers from Israel in the October American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving abciximab to high-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) before transferring them for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces 1-year mortality without increasing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Individuals with minimal or no coronary calcification face a low risk of cardiovascular events, according to results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nicotinic acid can reduce carotid atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with low HDL cholesterol levels, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin therapy may lead to worsening of dyspnea and fatigue in patients with diastolic heart failure (DHF), according to findings presented Tuesday at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – No matter whether they receive biological or mechanical prosthetic aortic valves, patients have generally similar survival and complication rates — until 10 years…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interest in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) grew in the mid-1990s based on the belief that it could reduce the complications seen…
