Barry Marshall, MD, AC, FRS, FAA, describes his discovery of helicobacter pylori as a cause of peptic ulcer disease by infecting himself with the organism Summary: The discovery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – C-reactive protein (CRP) does not appear to have a causal role in coronary heart disease (CHD), and using it to predict the risk…
David Liebovitz, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Medical Director of Information Systems, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, discusses electronic medical records and potential cost savings, safety…
David Kloth, MD, is the Founder, President and Medical Director of Connecticut Pain Care, P.C., a pain management center for the treatment of acute and chronic pain. He…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High intake of saturated and monounsaturated fat may increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of patients whose type 2 diabetes resolves after gastric bypass will remain free from the disease up to 16 years…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that for some patients with cancer, especially brain tumors and small-cell-lung cancer, the first manifestation is a psychiatric symptom. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Laparoscopic gastric bypass is just as safe and effective in patients over 65 years of age as it is in younger patients, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that with effective chemotherapy, children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) do not need to receive prophylactic cranial irradiation. Prophylactic cranial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer, the combination of gemcitabine and a novel cationic liposomal formulation of paclitaxel called EndoTAG-1 substantially prolongs survival…
