NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Allogeneic blood transfusions in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) substantially increase the patient’s odds of nosocomial infection, hospital readmission…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lung volume reduction surgery extends survival in patients with advanced emphysema and also improves quality of life, new research confirms. “We found lung…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are less likely to survive until discharge if they have a known history of prior atherosclerosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single question may be all it takes for primary care providers to accurately screen patients who may be drinking too much, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vertebroplasty does not improve the pain or disability associated with osteoporotic spinal fractures, according to the results of two randomized trials appearing in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The well-known association between poor glycemic control and low HDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes is independent of obesity and hypertriglyceridemia,…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses percutaneous mitral valve replacement, which is more challenging than aortic valve replacement, using a mitral valve clip called…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses catheter-based aortic valve replacement and the Partner trial, which is studying the outcomes of surgery versus catheter or…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses anticoagulation for patients with mechanical valves, highlighting the use of the antithrombotics aspirin and clopidogrel for some patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of metformin is associated with a decreased risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with diabetes, new research shows. By contrast, treatment with…
