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 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).…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia, discusses the complicated issue of calculating the cost of catheter related blood stream infections. (CRBSI).…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia, discusses the incidence and costs of catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI) in hospitals in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The percentage of cardiac surgery patients given blood transfusions varies widely from center to center, but a conservative use of transfusions is not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Deep brain stimulation, of either the globus pallidus or subthalamic nuclei, can provide long-lasting improvement in motor symptoms in many patients with Parkinson’s…
