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…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, president of The Joint Commission, discusses Improving America’s Hospitals, the organization’s 2010 annual report on quality and safety. The Joint Commission compiles…
Mark Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, discusses The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, which works with hospitals and systems across the country to come up with more effective…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, discusses the changes at The Joint Commission since he became president in 2008. They are working on improved patient outcomes through hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that anticoagulation may not need to be interrupted in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography. However, the quality of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For octogenarians undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, the use of drug-eluting stents is safe and more effective than using bare metal stents, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with multiple myeloma who are not eligible for autologous stem-cell transplantation, a four-drug combination regimen is promising. Adding thalidomide to bortezomib-melphalan-prednisone,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide used to treat type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, compared…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab to state-of-the-art adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II or III colon cancer does not improve disease-free survival, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with significant carotid artery stenosis, undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS) carries a higher risk of death or stroke than does carotid…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia, discusses the steps needed to reduce the incidence of catheter related blood stream infection (CRBSI).…
