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) – Long-term adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN-alpha-2b) for advanced melanoma improves recurrence-free survival, investigators report in an early online release from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with epinephrine and dexamethasone in the emergency room may help infants with bronchiolitis avoid hospital admission, according to a report in the…
Aryan Shayegani, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Cornea & Comprehensive Eye Sections, Yale Eye Center, discusses keratoconus, its resulting astigmatism and management. A new treatment on the horizon using…
Aryan Shayegani, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Cornea & Comprehensive Eye Sections, Yale Eye Center, discusses corneal infections, which require rapid diagnosis and treatment. Who is predisposed for infection?…
Michael Banks from The Doctor’s Channel talks to CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about balancing a medical career and life in the media. Sponsored by The…
David Rosen, MD, Associate Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck at Jefferson Medical College, discusses recent trends using partial or intracapsular tonsillectomy in adult patients with larger tonsils.…
Dr. Edmund Pribitkin, Professor of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, reviews the most common herbal medicines patients take and the side effects that…
Sreedhar Potarazu, MD, MBA, CEO and President of VitalSpring, explains the evolution of healthcare purchasing in the United States. References and Resources Sreedhar Potarazu’s book Get off the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescent girls with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes are more likely to have structural and functional cardiac abnormalities than are their healthy peers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a new approach to detect tumor-associated plasma proteins, Canadian researchers have discovered a novel biomarker that may improve the diagnosis of lung…
