A new study suggests that patient safety experts should focus as much of their attention on human factors as system factors if they want to reduce avoidable medical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery is probably higher and longer-lasting than previously thought, data from the UK’s Million Women Study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For a palpable breast mass with benign features on ultrasound, short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to immediate biopsy, particularly in a young…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that when noncalcified lung nodules are detected by computed tomography (CT), assessment of their volume and volume-doubling time with repeat…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding cetuximab to standard chemotherapy for colorectal liver metastases often shrinks inoperable lesions enough to permit resection, according to a study released today…
Andrew Hecht MD, Co-chief, Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses spinal injuries in athletes such as NFL players, and treatment options…
Andrew Hecht MD, Co-chief, Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses the 3 basic types of neck problems he sees as a…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the current limitations of catheter-based valve replacements, including problems with the femoral artery route and atherosclerosis and paravalvular…
Gary Falk, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Esophageal and Swallowing Disorders, Cleveland Clinic, discusses a new treatment Barrett’s esophagus, radiofrequency ablation, useful in two particular…