Doctors at the Detroit Medical Center pioneer laparoscopy procedures and other minimally invasive techniques that result in less pain, fewer risks, and quicker recovery time for surgical patients.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The ability to detect major fetal anomalies by ultrasonography is reduced in pregnant women who are obese or diabetic, according to researchers at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although folate fortification of foods may reduce the rate of neural tube defects in target populations, new research from Chile suggests that it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that marijuana use may increase the risk of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs), primarily nonseminoma types. According to the report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite the fact that up to one third of patients with severe dementia receive enteral tube feeding, evidence is lacking that this practice…
Kim Korte, Manager of the Child Life Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses their novel play areas for kids. To learn more, please visit:…
Rasheed A. Balogun, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Virginia Health System, discusses the risk factors for Chronic Kidney Disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diabetics who use drugs from the glitazone class appear to have a modest increase in risk of developing macular edema, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Increased duration of television viewing in early childhood – as a proxy measure of sedentary behavior – is associated with the development of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgically induced weight loss is cost-effective relative to conventional therapy for the management of type 2 diabetes in obese patients, both in the…