NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher diastolic blood pressure is independently associated with impaired cognitive function in otherwise healthy middle-aged and older adults, new research suggests. Findings from…
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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over time, vaccine-induced rubella antibody levels decline and seronegativity rates rise, leaving children vulnerable to infection, public health officials report. “Because rubella is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a conventional low-fat, calorie restricted diet for patients with type II diabetes, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen/progestin reduces the risk of colorectal cancer, but Israeli researchers have found that aspirin use and an active…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – “There is no strong evidence” that any significant subpopulation of breast cancer patients diagnosed in the 1980s and early 1990s was ever “cured,”…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke – a known risk factor for myocardial infarction and other acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – can also worsen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stroke is uncommon after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study of the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with high-risk esophageal varices treated with the beta-blocker carvedilol had lower rates of first bleeding episodes than patients treated with variceal band…
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…