In this Oncology Brothers podcast episode, Naval Daver, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, discusses treatment strategies for both therapy‑related and de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML), focusing on cases…
Tara Lin, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, discusses how she approaches choosing induction therapy for patients with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia, emphasizing that fitness…
About 40 thousand women die each year of breast cancer in the United States. Mammography screening is one way to detect breast cancer early. However, mammograms have benefits…
Recently, two major changes were made in the guidelines that recommend how physicians manage high blood pressure in their patients. The changes affect millions of Americans, especially older…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, takes a detailed look at the state of mental illness in the US. She describes…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, explains 5 reasons why healthcare has been slow to change. A variety of factors have…
Today drinking remains highly prevalent among young people, particularly college age students, world-wide. A new study looked at how effective a web-based screening and intervention was for reducing…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, examines the changing landscape of healthcare that has given patients more freedom and information to be…
Every year, more and more graduating medical students are not matching. This is a huge problem not only for these medical students who are without jobs, but also…
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 capped residency slots at 100,000. As more students graduate from medical school, there are many left unmatched and without the proper training…
Patients with critical illness often experience pain and other stresses that put them at risk for developing psychiatric illnesses. These include anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. A…
Sherry Glied, PhD, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, assesses the 3 groups that are most at risk in our evolving healthcare system: the providers,…
