Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
Why try to develop new drugs and therapies when we can repurpose old ones? Atul J. Butte, MD, PhD, Chief of Division of Systems Medicine at Stanford School…
Neil Jacobstein, Co-Chair of A.I. and Robotics, Singularity University, discusses the implications of introducing physician’s assistant AI mobile devices as a clinical decision support package for physicians. The…
John Abele, Co-Founder and Director or Boston Scientific, talks about how while people know when they aren’t feeling well, it’s often difficult to understand why. Doctors can use…
John Abele, Founder, Boston Scientific Corporation, discusses the dilemma of regulating medicine when it comes to the risk of not doing something versus the risk of doing something.…
Chris Longhurst, MD, Associate Professor, Stanford Medical School, gives insight on the future of a fully digital healthcare system. By 2020, a nationwide learning healthcare system will allow…
Clark Chen, MD, PhD explains that the most common form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, is also one of the most deadly cancers. Despite efforts to find treatments and…
Researchers at a university in eastern Zhejiang Province have used a 3D printer to create living kidneys, which are expected to be used for transplants in the future.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A multinational study has shown that progression-free survival in elderly patients with untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) is improved significantly when bevacizumab is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly patients with unresected stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are not candidates for chemoradiotherapy benefit from radiation therapy (RT) alone, according…
More than 200,000 Americans suffer ACL injuries each year, most of them young and physically active. Many struggle with the decision to undergo ACL repair, or to stick…
