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) – Women who lie on their backs for 15 minutes after intrauterine insemination have a better chance of becoming pregnant than women who move…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a follow-up study of Alaska Natives who received plasma-derived hepatitis B vaccine when they were more than 6 months old, a large…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with hypertension, physicians should assess the presence of subclinical organ damage, an indication of high absolute risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous infusions of iron sucrose before planned colorectal cancer surgery does not reduce perioperative blood transfusions, according to a report in the British…
This week the House of Representatives unveiled two bills addressing health system reform, The Affordable Health Care for America Act and the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act. See…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men with localized prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) are apt to have better sexual function afterward than men treated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is modestly effective in preventing urinary tract infections (UTI) in predisposed children, according to a report in The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Phenothiazines are more effective than other agents, including opioids, for the treatment of acute migraine, according to a meta-analysis published in the October…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who regularly use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have better survival after a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis, research indicates. “A wide body of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Widespread screening of overweight and obese adults for Cushing’s syndrome is not supported by a new study, even when one or more features…
