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) – Old age has a greater impact on abdominal surgery outcomes than previously reported, according to two papers in the December Archives of Surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic total coronary occlusions, drug-eluting stents (DES) have better long-term outcomes than bare metal stents, according to a paper from…
Donnica Moore, MD, President, Sapphire Women’s Health Group, discusses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS, its definition and symptoms. CFS is a chronic, debilitating neuroimmune disease that not only…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients treated with high-dose recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage face a “small increased risk of what are usually minor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of statins are variable and depend on the agent being taken, a meta-analysis has shown. Pooled data from 10 randomized trials…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with their ability to block platelet aggregation, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appear to increase the risk of serious upper gastrointestinal (GI)…
Derek Enlander MD, Internist and CFS & Fibromyalgia specialist, discusses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME and its history, symptomatology and diagnosis. Dr. Enlander is the author of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are hepatitis B e antigen-positive, viral genotype is one of the strongest predictors…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A six-month course of triple antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation reduces the risk of revascularization for up to two years, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is highest in the first few days, stroke risk remains elevated even…
