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) – Including the postcoital test in the basic fertility workup does not add substantially to an existing prediction model for spontaneous pregnancy in subfertile…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who receive radiation treatment for prostate cancer are at greater risk of hip fracture, a new study in the March 16 issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-related pneumonitis is a class-effect toxicity of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors and temsirolimus is no exception, new research confirms. In the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing fetal blood sampling (FBS) in women in early labor (cervical dilation to 3 centimeters or less) or performing multiple FBS procedures may…
Shlomo Maayan, MD, Director of the Hadassah AIDS Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, discusses his work with the Israel Consortium on AIDS Medicine in Africa (ICAMiA) and the importance…
Gary Goldenberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, and Medical Director of the Faculty Practice at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the pathophysiology and approach…
Gary Goldenberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pathology, and Medical Director of the Faculty Practice at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the pathophysiology and approach…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Evidence from a case-series review and a meta-analysis of other published studies indicates that pelvic lymph node dissection during radical prostatectomy increases the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on the limited evidence available, adjuvant plasma exchange may reduce the risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with renal vasculitis or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative antibiotics started more than 24 hours before cardiac surgery may be more effective than shorter-duration prophylaxis in preventing sternal surgical site infections,…
