Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stress and anxiety. Depression and anxiety are directly linked to HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and increase in cortisol. SSRIs…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with the atypical antipsychotic asenapine prevents relapse of schizophrenia and is well tolerated, according to a report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review published by the Cochrane Library concludes that artesunate should replace quinine as the standard treatment for severe malaria. Dr. David Sinclair,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Current evidence is still inconclusive as to whether patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may benefit from aggressive blood pressure control, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of zoledronate prevents bone loss associated with glucocorticoid therapy given for acute exacerbation of Crohn’s disease, a German team reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated review of medications available for treating type 2 diabetes concludes that metformin continues to have the best benefit-to-harm profile, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Elderly women who were treated for urinary tract infections with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for hyperkalemia in the…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, President of the Joint Commission, discusses flu vaccination in the workplace. When healthcare workers are vaccinated at high rates, transmission in hospitals is reduced,…
Thomas K. Byrne, MD, Professor General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of South California, discusses obesity and surgery. The criteria for surgery are a BMI over 40 plus…
David B. Solit, MD, Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Chair for Junior Faculty, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses B-Raf, an intracellular signaling protein.B-Raf is commonly mutated in cancer, and…