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) – Hurricane Katrina brought many changes to hospitals that remained open throughout the hurricane and during its aftermath. Among these were greater efficiency as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving low-dose dopamine to brain-dead donors can improve graft function after kidney transplantation, according to trial findings reported in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rectal diclofenac, oral ibuprofen, and oral acetaminophen are ineffective for preventing recurrences of febrile seizures in children, new research suggests. Moreover, such agents…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA) is an emerging problem and, in the ICU, patient-to-patient transmission may occur, even in the absence of an outbreak,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a treatment for renal tumors, robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) offers comparable oncologic control as traditional laparoscopic nephrectomy, but with less blood loss,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Doubling the standard dose of fluvestrant improves the efficacy of the drug against breast cancer without affecting tolerability, new research suggests. Moroever, at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with fluvastatin both before and after vascular surgery decreases the incidence of cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction, according to results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that fluoroquinolones may cause diplopia in some patients. “According to World Health Organization criteria, the relationship between fluoroquinolone therapy and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding dual antiplatelet therapy on top of existing anticoagulant therapy increases the bleeding risk after percutaneous coronary stenting, according to results from the…
David Liebovitz, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Medical Director of Information Systems, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, discusses medical informatics in the master’s program at Northwestern…
