In this episode of “Newsworthy Stories,” Jacqueline Jimenez speaks with Bohdan Pomahac, MD, a leading plastic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Robert Chelsea, the first African-American…
A consultant surgical gastroenterologist at Manipal Hospital, Sarjapur Road, provides an overview of the surgical gastroenterology department. He discusses advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and GI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ultrasound can be useful in the work-up of infants with a first urinary tract infection, researchers from Sweden report in the May issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polyps smaller than 10 mm that are detected with CT colonography (CTC) screening are very unlikely to contain high-grade dysplasia or malignancy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Concomitant chemoradiation is better than sequential therapy for improving survival with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a patient-level meta-analysis reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women treated with chest radiation in childhood or adolescence are at increased risk for breast cancer at a young age, and their risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-eluting stents can prevent leg amputations in patients with atherosclerosis and severe below-the-knee ischemia, according to a report in the April 13th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rib fractures in older men are often associated with risk markers for osteoporosis, such as low bone density and a history of fracture,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sunitinib and sorafenib significantly increase patients’ risk of arterial thromboembolic events, according to a report in the March 29th online issue of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If asymptomatic lower pole renal calculi require intervention, percutaneous nephrolithotomy will provide a higher stone-free rate than shock wave lithotripsy, and with less…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transesophageal endoscopic surgery of the mediastinum in pigs carries a substantial risk of inadvertent pneumothorax, German researchers report. The procedure had no cardiopulmonary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Solid organ recipients often develop invasive fungal infections months or even years after transplant, according to registry data from the U.S. Depending on…
