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) – Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes,…
In one of the longest-term randomized trials of its kind, researchers compared the effects of a Mediterranean-style diet versus a typical low-fat diet for diabetes management. The trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen/progestin reduces the risk of colorectal cancer, but Israeli researchers have found that aspirin use and an active…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) conferred by oral contraceptives appears to be lowest with the older standbys: contraceptives containing levonorgestrel, progestogen-only pills,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients at high risk for coronary disease who do not sufficiently adjust their cholesterol levels with a moderate dose of a statin,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new generation of sensitive assays for measuring cardiac troponin I could enhance the diagnostic accuracy for acute myocardial infarction (MI), even early…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – “There is no strong evidence” that any significant subpopulation of breast cancer patients diagnosed in the 1980s and early 1990s was ever “cured,”…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke – a known risk factor for myocardial infarction and other acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – can also worsen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stroke is uncommon after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study of the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with high-risk esophageal varices treated with the beta-blocker carvedilol had lower rates of first bleeding episodes than patients treated with variceal band…