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) – Asymptomatic patients with a low ankle brachial index don’t seem to get cardiovascular protection from aspirin, randomized trial results suggest. The subjects came…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new battery-operated compression device is at least as effective as low-molecular weight heparin in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip arthroplasty, but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Four clinical factors can help rule out bacterial conjunctivitis in children, New York City researchers say. The four factors are: age at least…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In treating social anxiety disorder, phenelzine combined with cognitive behavioral group therapy achieves a higher response rates than either treatment alone or placebo,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thrombolysis is a must for female stroke patients if they are to achieve the same outcomes as men, according to a March 2nd…
The concept seems simple enough, but even after several years in operation, Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting Initiative is still causing headaches for doctors. Under this voluntary program, physicians…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy slightly improves breast cancer-specific survival, primarily in young women with early-stage estrogen receptor (ER)-negative disease, new research shows. “The efficacy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women who’ve had abnormal cervical tissue removed with a loop electrosurgical procedure (LEEP) are not at increased risk for preterm delivery, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), contact laser prostatectomy, and electrovaporization of the prostate provide similar improvements in…
Program Overview The Best Practice Series in Atherosclerosis is a series of 5-minute videos featuring top physicians discussing the best ways to diagnose and treat atherosclerosis based on…
