Rafael Barrera, MD, Director, Surgical ICU at LIJ Medical Center, discusses patient nutrition and the three methods available to do so: oral (supplements), parenteral nutrition (PN) and enteral nutrition (PN). Parenteral nutrition can be central (TPN) or peripheral (PPN). He describes the simple principal...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Experienced endoscopists can significantly cut radiation exposure during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a new study shows. “We hope that awareness of this association might prompt endoscopists with less experience to minimize their fluoroscopy time,...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Coronary artery stenting does not reduce long-term rates of myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality in patients with stress-positive stable coronary artery disease, German researchers report in an April 12th online paper in the American Journal of Cardiology. Dr. Rainer...