Michael Hochman, MD, MPH, board certified general internist at USC’s Keck School of Medicine, cofounder of Updates in Slow Medicine, and host of the Healthy Skeptic, MD podcast,…
Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis can be particularly effective in mitigating post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) in younger patients, as demonstrated by data from the ATTRACT trial.
Molecular analysis of biological samples is typically outsourced to well-equipped (and cost-intensive) laboratories. However, there are times when sample diagnosis and DNA sequencing is needed quickly, needed in…
John Lehr, CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation, shares insights into how advances in research, education, and advocacy for patients with Parkinson’s (and the disease itself) is performed and…
Perfusion decellularization has recently been used to remove genetic material in pig organs, allowing them to be seeded with human stem cells in the hopes of securing a…
Is attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? The answer seems to depend on the population. A study published in the journal Pediatrics showed that minority children were less…
For some patients, nutritional supplements can play a role in boosting the immune system and priming the body to better react to certain pathogens. Olive leaf extract has…
Walter H. Koch, PhD, Vice President of Global Research for Roche Molecular Systems, discusses the expansion of research on Zika virus in response to last year’s outbreak.
