Farr A. Curlin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Hospital, discusses doctors with moral and religious objections, and their obligations…
When a child is diagnosed with cancer, everyone in the family needs healing… including the siblings! SuperSibs! is a national not-for-profit whose mission is to ensure that the…
The American Heart Association has issued consensus guidelines for treating resistant hypertension. References and Resources Calhoun DA, et al. Resistant hypertension: Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment. A scientific statement…
Reversal of coronary stenosis seen by intravascular ultrasound after two years of rosuvastatin (Crestor) treatment has been confirmed in the same patients by quantitative coronary angiograpy. References and…
Howard Simon, MD, Director, Newly Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, State University Hospital Syracuse, discusses when psychicians should refer patients for gastric bypass surgery or laparoscopic band surgery. References…
A new analysis of data from a multicenter clinical trial suggests that chemotherapy-induced anemia significantly increases the risk of local relapse in premenopausal early-stage breast cancer. References and…
The American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians issued clinical practice guidelines about the pharmacologic treatment of dementia. From our partners at VerusMed verusmed.com…
In BMC Neurology it is reported that pesticide exposure may boost the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease over and above genetic factors. References and Resources Hancock D, Martin…
An open randomized trial showed that for a first episode of schizophrenia, four second-generation antipsychotics were no more effective than haloperidol, but they did have lower discontinuation rates.…
The investigational antiplatelet agent Prasugrel improves ischemic event rates after percutaneous coronary intervention, whatever type of stent is used, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology meeting.…
