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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Deep brain stimulation works well not only for Parkinson’s disease (PD) but also for benign tremulous parkinsonism (BTP) and the effects are long-lasting,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About one in four children adopted in the US from outside the country have at least one intestinal parasite, and while the likelihood…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A regimen of pre-seasonal and seasonal sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) for grass pollen allergy reduces symptoms by more than a third after three pollen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of compression stockings during the day by patients with chronic venous insufficiency leads to a reduction in nighttime apnea episodes, a French…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of vasopressin provides no overall benefit in the resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients, but it may improve outcomes in a subset of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature infants who are placed on initial empirical antibiotic therapy for 5 days or longer are at increased risk for late-onset sepsis, necrotizing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of existing evidence confirms that alpha-blocker treatment reduces pain and urinary symptoms and improves quality of life in patients with indwelling…
Brien Smith, MD, Board Chair, Epilepsy Foundation, discusses his lifelong struggle with epilepsy and his rise to becoming Chief of Neurology for the Spectrum Health Medical Group and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is no need to interrupt antiplatelet therapy before tooth extractions, as long as appropriate local hemostatic measures are taken, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pooled data suggest that cancer patients who are treated with sunitinib (Sutent; Pfizer) have about a 2-fold increased relative risk of developing high-grade…
