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) – A brief discussion among members of the operating room team just before surgery begins to outline the procedure and review important components can…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Alcohol septal ablation, an increasingly popular non-surgical treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), does not appear to induce ventricular arrhythmias, new research suggests.…
CEO Jonathan Bush talks about athenahealth at Health 2.0 About athenahealth: athenahealth offers the industry’s leading revenue cycle management solution. It’s a unique combination of web-based practice management…
CEO, Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH talks about American Well at Health 2.0 About American Well: American Well™ is a new healthcare marketplace where consumers and physicians can come…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research shows that among the cognitive abilities that are affected by type 2 diabetes, processing speed appears to be the most severely…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a randomized, controlled long-term study of children with idiopathic short stature who were not growth hormone (GH) deficient, GH treatment, started as…
Carl Kirschner, PhD, Organizational/Personal Effectiveness Consultant and Former College/University Dean of Students at SUNY and CUNY, discusses how emotional intelligence can help physicians better treat patients, and describes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most asthma medications used during pregnancy have little or no adverse effect on the developing fetus, new research shows. The possible exception is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients with advanced cancer is increased by about 33% during treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab, the…
