Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Baseline platelet function is only modestly related to ischemic outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in low-risk patients, according to a study in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) whose CD4 cell counts are below 500/mm3, mortality is increased if antiretroviral therapy is delayed until…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During early resuscitation in severe sepsis, lactate clearance can indicate tissue oxygen delivery as effectively as central venous oxygen saturation, with considerably less…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Beta blockade before computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA) can improve image quality, but a substantial number of patients who require CTA have contraindications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Survival of extremely premature infants (less than 26 weeks’ gestation) can’t be predicted by appearance at birth and early response to resuscitation, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) should be considered when patients with long QT syndrome (LQTS) have syncope while on beta-blockers. That’s according to authors…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Daclizumab added to ongoing interferon-beta treatment further decreases multiple sclerosis disease activity, according to a multicenter phase II trial reported online February 16…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, UCLA, discusses brain health and the impact that lifestyle factors have over genetics on brain health, and in particular, diet,…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses anticoagulation protocol for patients following mitral valve repair, and also the Maze procedure…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses minimally invasive spine surgery, which is becoming safer and less…
