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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Starting estrogen-progestogen therapy close to menopause may increase the risk of breast cancer, even with short-duration treatment, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients who need coronary artery bypass grafts or an aortic valve have significant carotid stenosis, some surgeons combine the cardiac surgery with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Particle beam radiation has been available since 1954, but a systematic literature review has failed to turn up statistically or clinically significant differences…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding dual antiplatelet therapy on top of existing anticoagulant therapy increases the bleeding risk after percutaneous coronary stenting, according to results from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s possible that more than 1 million men in the US have been needlessly treated for prostate cancer since the late 1980s, when…
Oliver Fein, MD, invites physicians to learn more information about Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)- an organization of which he is the President. Physicians for a…
Michael Banks, MD sits down with Oliver Fein, MD, President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), to discuss recent lobbying efforts surrounding the potential adoption of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding a clinical breast exam to mammography increases cancer detection rates and sensitivity – but it also increases rates of false positives and…
Michael Banks, MD sits down with Oliver Fein, MD, President of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), to discuss the current debate over health care reform and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Only about half the patients with severe mitral regurgitation who meet current heart society guidelines for surgical intervention actually undergo mitral surgery, according…
