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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Transcervical Foley catheter is just as effective for inducing vaginal labor as intravaginal misoprostol, but carries less risk of tachysystole, according to a…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, President of the Joint Commission, discusses flu vaccination in the workplace. When healthcare workers are vaccinated at high rates, transmission in hospitals is reduced,…
Thomas K. Byrne, MD, Professor General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of South California, discusses obesity and surgery. The criteria for surgery are a BMI over 40 plus…
David B. Solit, MD, Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Chair for Junior Faculty, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses B-Raf, an intracellular signaling protein.B-Raf is commonly mutated in cancer, and…
Leigh Robb, MD, Chief Medical Officer, MedAire, describes the function of this company that provides medical services to air passengers, including medical advice on board, medical repatriation and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eradication rates of Helicobacter pylori in children are higher with sequential therapy compared with standard triple therapy, a Polish team reports in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with melanoma is associated with a low likelihood of disease recurrence involving the lymph…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose regimen of peginterferon, without ribavirin, produces a sustained virologic response in up to 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined with ondansetron and dexamethasone, a single intravenous dose of fosaprepitant is as effective as a standard 3-day oral course of aprepitant for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pain associated with diabetic neuropathy is improved to a similar degree with daily amitriptyline or duloxetine, according to the results of a cross-over…
