S. Ausim Azizi, MD, PhD, Chairperson/Professor, Department of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses Parkinson’s Disease. References and Resources Tessa C, Giannelli M, Nave RD, Lucetti C,…
Current long-term use of calcium channel blockers was associated with a significantly reduced risk of a Parkinson disease diagnosis, while the risk was not materially altered for users…
Jaime Landman, MD, Minimally Invasive Urology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, discusses the advantages of laparoscopy. References and Resources Ahmad G, Duffy JM, Phillips K, Watson…
Scott M. Strayer, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Services, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, discusses a new update of the smoking…
Daniel Rauch MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center, Member of NYU Pediatric Inpatient Associates discusses the recent advances in pneumonia treatment in children, which include…
Kathleen Berchelmann, MD, CPHIMS, Pediatric Hospitalist, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, MO, discusses a new web-based program she developed which electronically manages the pediatric sign-out…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Every month of treatment for hypertension leads to almost one extra day of life free from cardiovascular death, researchers report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Based on postoperative levels of parathyroid hormone and serum calcium, more than half of patients undergoing thyroidectomy do not need routine calcium and/or vitamin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – German investigators report in Heart that intramyocardial transfer of cord blood-derived stem cells improves left-ventricular function and prevents scar formation in a porcine…
