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) – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken heart syndrome”, has an excellent long-term prognosis and nearly all patients have full recovery of left ventricular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of a high cut-off dialyzer can help patients with acute renal failure secondary to multiple myeloma become dialysis free, the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Variants in certain genes for the natriuretic peptide system are predictive of ventricular dysfunction immediately after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), new study findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) In statin-treated patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), high levels of the enzyme phospholipid transferprotein (PLTP) significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular events, independent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) For patients with epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-positive colorectal cancer and unresectable metastases, adding cetuximab to first-line treatment with irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin (FOLFIRI)…
DMC Surgeon uses minimally-invasive surgery to remove uterine fibroids to hasten recovery. ~ Detroit Medical Center Submitted by Detroit Medical Center
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Birth from a pregnancy affected by preeclampsia or gestational hypertension appears to be a risk factor for stroke in adulthood, new research indicates.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Annual ovarian cancer screening with transvaginal ultrasonography and CA 125 usually misses early-stage disease while it often results in unneeded surgeries, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm infants are likely to develop proliferative retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) requiring treatment, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although rare in the US, infant deaths due pertussis could be curbed by focusing on certain risk factors, according to a report from…
