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) – The increasing prevalence of autism cases in California seen since the 1990s is in large part real, not simply the result of changes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a sham-controlled trial suggest that pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) can produce clinically significant improvements in patients with restless legs syndrome.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, rituximab and abatacept do not increase the risk of serious infections, a meta-analysis of trial data suggests. High…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator raloxifene may heighten the risk of venous thromboembolic events and stroke deaths in postmenopausal women…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk atrial fibrillation patients who are candidates for anticoagulation, stroke usually occurs if warfarin is not used or drug levels are subtherapeutic,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among spontaneously breathing, very premature infants, surfactant therapy administered within the first hour of life along with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Preoperative screening and follow-up treatment if indicated can reduce postoperative infection rates with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients undergoing otolaryngic surgery, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with findings from animal studies, data from human subjects suggest that acute MI mobilizes a rare population of very small embryonic-like stem…
Product Manager, Roni Zeiger, MD of Google Health talks about how Google helps you organize your health information. Google health allows you to: * Organize your health information…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the largest cohort study to date, statin treatment was found to reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, regardless of the drug’s lipophilicity…
