Josh Levitsky, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Hepatology, Northwestern University, discusses the management of patients in acute liver failure. References and Resources O’Neal H, Olds J, Webster N.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with depressive symptoms are at increased risk for developing coronary heart disease (CHD), especially fatal CHD, according to findings from the Nurses’…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of study data suggests that up to one in four patients who are hospitalized for an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By reducing dyspnea and increasing exercise tolerance, breathing a mixture of 60% helium and 40% oxygen augments the benefits of physical rehabilitation in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – even when their disease is relatively stable – are at increased risk of dying if…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Abnormal glucose tolerance can be detected by a carbon-13 labeled oral glucose tolerance test in which 13-CO2 excreted in the breath is measured…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appears to be no temporal association between Guillain-Barre syndrome and influenza vaccination. However, influenza-like illness and Guillain-Barre does show such a link,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Another study has shown an interaction between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors. The findings indicate that patients who receive clopidogrel and a PPI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An investigation prompted by the discovery of vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) infection in a hospitalized immunodeficient infant from an Amish community in Minnesota uncovered…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older prostate cancer patients with a biochemical recurrence, cancer anxiety predicts earlier use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), new research shows. This…
