NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding a 2-week course of triple antibiotic therapy to existing medications helps induce and maintain remission of ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In orthopedic surgery, closing incisions with staples rather than sutures nearly quadruples the risk of wound infection, according to a meta-analysis in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents with chronic pancreatitis can have long-term relief from pain after therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), researchers from China say. The goal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excisional biopsies are best for diagnosing cutaneous melanoma, because partial biopsies have higher risks of misdiagnosis, adverse events, and microstaging inaccuracy, Australian researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With small breast cancers, doing complete axillary dissections only for positive sentinel lymph node biopsies (SNLB) yields the same 10-year survival – roughly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with Barrett’s high-grade dysplasia or early esophageal adenocarcinoma, endoscopic resection improves staging and “dramatically” reduces esophagectomy rates, Australian physicians report. Esophagectomy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young women with stage IA1 cervical cancer, a fertility-preserving conization does not reduce survival compared to hysterectomy, researchers report in the March…
Micheal Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, UCLA, discusses the considerations before purchasing an EMR that suits your workplace, and the costs associated with implementing this into your practice…
Richard J Shemin, MD, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses hybrid approaches to cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, such as operation rooms where interventional…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the use of stem cells in spinal surgery to grow…