The Covid-19 Early Treatment Fund was launched to provide funding for research in order to "find an existing drug or drug combination that, when given early, reduces hospitalization…
In an interview for NBC News, Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, affiliate assistant professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at…
Alison M. Grimes, Head, Audiology Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses newborn hearing screening, and the consequences of delayed diagnosis…
Alison M. Grimes, Head, Audiology Clinic, Assistant Clinical Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses new hearing aids, which use digital signaling to differentiate…
Michael Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses electronic medical records (EMR) at UCLA, including data access for doctors, web portals, inpatient nursing electronic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) is a viable alternative to surgery for long-bone hypertrophic nonunions. “When we examined patients and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercise-induced ST-segment elevation in patients who never had a myocardial infarction (MI) is a highly specific marker of coronary artery disease and a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of women in a recent survey had undiagnosed urinary incontinence, with two thirds reporting moderate to severe symptoms. Because urinary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – MRI of the breast has the greatest potential, compared with digital mammography or whole-breast ultrasound, for detecting cancers missed by film screen mammogram,…
Stuart Fischer, MD, discusses the correlation between obesity and poor academic performance. Although there is no causal relationship between these entities, he explores the impact that obesity can…
Dr. Sami David discusses the risks associated with in vitro fertilization. These can include complications that effect the mother as well as the child such as prematurity or…
Dr. Sami David discusses his approach to treating couples as well as his new fertility center. He performs a full lifestyle analysis that examines all aspects of a…
