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) – In a large study of high-risk hypertensive patients, treatment with the angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor benazepril plus the calcium-channel blocker amlodipine proved more effective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with treatment-refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, the quality of life and mortality benefit from being seizure-free with surgery outweighs the risk of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the initial evaluation of elevated blood pressure in children, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a highly cost-effective means of differentiating stage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a prospective study of adult patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, nearly one in five had elevated glycosylated hemoglobin A (HbA1c)…
James P. Moises, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Department of Emergency Medicine, Clerkship Director of Emergency Medicine, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, discusses his experiences working in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgical repair of pectus excavatum can dramatically improve body image as well as physical and psychosocial functioning, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of small study suggests that radiotherapy can be safely used to treat prostate cancer in HIV-infected men, having no long-term effect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a transradial rather than a transfemoral approach for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can reduce vascular access complications and shorten the hospital stay,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Before the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scoring system was introduced in February 2002, black patients were less likely to receive a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of infantile hemangiomas has grown in recent years, with low birth weight the leading risk factor driving the increase, new study…
