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…
Michelle Samplin-Salgado discusses the mission of AIDS.gov and how they disseminate their message. She is a New Media Strategist with AIDS.gov. For more information, please visit: AIDS.gov. Sponsored…
Georges E. Abou Khalil discusses the difficulties of organ procurement within minority populations. He is an analyst with Donate Life. To learn more about Donate Life Hollywood, please…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rapid fluid replenishment “remarkably” improves the detection rate of patent foramen ovale (PFO) by transesophageal echocardiography, a multicenter team reports in the American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After surgically induced remission of Crohn’s disease, treatment with mesalamine reduces the risk of relapse somewhat; sulfasalazine, however, has no apparent benefit, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Unless they are already on appropriate antibiotics, all women undergoing cesarean delivery should be given prophylactic antibiotics within an hour before the procedure,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravitreal injection of clindamycin and dexamethasone to treat active ocular toxoplasmosis appears to be an alternative, and perhaps preferable, to classic treatment with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among adult patients being treated for hematologic malignancies and who are at high risk for tumor lysis syndrome with hyperuricemia, intravenous rasburicase does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is as effective as the 7-valent vaccine, which it replaces, in protecting against disease caused by the original…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While contact isolation precautions are recommended for all patients colonized or infected with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), a European study shows that isolation is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The 2010 Update of the practice parameter on the diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis emphasizes education and self-administration of epinephrine for patients with…
