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) – Drug-eluting stents can prevent leg amputations in patients with atherosclerosis and severe below-the-knee ischemia, according to a report in the April 13th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lithium did not delay the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a randomized placebo-controlled trial, the investigators reported online April 6 in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ambulatory telemetry can provide lifesaving information that is unavailable with other modalities, new research suggests. More than 26,000 patients with routine clinical indications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding pregabalin (Lyrica) to existing therapy for poorly controlled partial seizures reduces seizure frequency and is generally well tolerated over the long term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pooled data from multiple studies indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is useful for depression, auditory verbal hallucinations, and possibly for negative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A bolus of etomidate before rapid sequence intubation has a transient effect on adrenal function with no obvious affect on mortality, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In nondiabetics, high glucose levels signal an increased risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury during coronary angiography, new research suggests. “Although diabetes is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Active surveillance for renal cortical neoplasm is a “reasonable treatment option” in older patients with comorbid illness, according to a single-center report from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most women with gestational diabetes do not require insulin while they’re giving birth, Spanish researchers report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The advantages of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over fibrinolysis for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are maintained for 8 years,…
