Komal Jhaveri, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and lead author of the EMBER-3 trial, as she discusses the significance of this approval, its impact on the treatment…
Sung-Bae Kim, MD, PhD, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, reports on results from the East Asian subgroup of the Phase 3 EMBER‑3 trial, showing that in patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients report higher quality of life with continuous intraperitoneal versus subcutaneous insulin, Dutch investigators have found. The researchers had previously reported that continuous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidney stones linked to melamine-tainted infant milk formula can usually be managed conservatively, Chinese authors report. For infants with renal failure, hemodialysis without…
A new survey finds that most medical students think conventional medicine could benefit to some extent by integrating complementary and alternative medicine, also known as CAM. Supporters of…
If you’re looking for a word to describe the adoption of information technology by physician practices, “drip” would be more appropriate than “gush.” According to a new government…
When it comes to the power of electronic medical records to coordinate patient care, perception and reality are two totally different things. At least according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young women with stage IA1 cervical cancer, a fertility-preserving conization does not reduce survival compared to hysterectomy, researchers report in the March…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tenofovir nephrotoxicity can’t always be fully reversed in HIV-infected men, according to a new study. Up to 2% of patients have adverse renal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a distal filter to protect against emboli during coronary stent implantation increases long-term rates of stent thrombosis and target vessel revascularization, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A portable magnetic stimulation device is a promising noninvasive, drug-free treatment for acute migraine with aura, according to a March 4th online report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous extraction of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads is safe in patients with cardiac vegetations, investigators report. And as long as blood…
