F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, shares insights from a review of recent study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine examining duty-hours rules at 63 residency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding hormone therapy to radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer reduces disease recurrence and prolongs survival, according to a report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has released a consensus statement regarding patient selection and best practices in using accelerated partial breast…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that anemia, regardless of comorbid disease, is a risk factor for death in very elderly individuals. In the study, incident…
Dustyn Baker, MD, from the University of Chicago, discusses the Chicago Breathe Project, and explains the differences between the CFC inhalers and the newer HFA inhalers. To learn…
Valerie Press, MD, a Research Fellow in the Hospitalist Program at the University of Chicago, provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the HFA inhaler and the Diskus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elevated triglyceride levels are an independent predictor of myelinated fiber density (MFD) loss in patients with mild to moderate diabetic neuropathy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Subthalamic nucleus stimulation (STN) is more effective in relieving t motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease than unilateral pallidotomy during long-term follow-up, physicians in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of a busy coronary care unit in Kuwait, 41.1% of patients treated with unfractionated heparin for 6 hours had a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temperature lowering, either by pharmacologic or physical means, does not improve stroke outcomes, according to a review of trial data. Prior research has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to common opinion, routine cervical screening can identify early-stage adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix, according to a large case-control study…
