This webinar introduces key updates in acute ischemic stroke management, focusing on how modern decision‑making integrates time‑sensitive evaluation, advanced imaging, and AI‑supported tools. It also reviews the expanded…
Daniel R. Schimmel, MD, explains how balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) uses balloons and specialized catheters to open narrowed vessels in the lungs to improve circulation and reduce symptoms…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, discontinuing chronic aspirin therapy at least 6 days before or within 5 days of surgery has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although quite rare, local reactions to the fifth dose of diphtheria/tetanus/acellular-pertussis (DTaP) vaccine in children are more likely when the vaccine is injected…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For mild persistent asthma, fluticasone propionate with salmeterol cuts the risk of exacerbations more than ciclesonide, but both regimens effectively control daily symptoms.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with stage 1 and 2 hypertension, the experimental angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) azilsartan medoxomil lowers blood pressure better than maximal doses…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of “real-life” data from a French myocardial infarction (MI) registry fails to show any clinically relevant interaction between clopidogrel and proton…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, is a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia. He discusses the regulatory environment in medicine in the US, as well as the…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, is a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia. He discusses regulations dealing with conflicts of interest between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Complete visualization of the entire small intestine is achieved more easily with double-balloon endoscopy than with single-balloon endoscopy, according to a report from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Suppressive therapy with corticosteroids and antihistamines is effective for managing clopidogrel hypersensitivity in the majority of cases, allowing antiplatelet therapy to continue uninterrupted,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with myeloma treated with thalidomide, antithrombotic prophylactic therapies with aspirin, warfarin or enoxaparin reduce thromboembolic events to a similar degree, according…
