Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Injecting bone cement into acute osteoporotic compression fractures leads to almost immediate and long-lasting pain relief – and at reasonable cost, a European…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The response rate with standard treatment of hepatitis C infection is doubled when a hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor, boceprevir, is added…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses the selection of appropriate initial drug therapy for a patient who has been determined…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For selected patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, a split course of radiation given over a short period works well…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of The Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses screening of various…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of The Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the optimal use…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses monitoring of drug therapy for epilepsy. Good advice is “Teat the patient, not the…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses the use of a seizure calendar to guide treatment of epilepsy. It helps to…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses recent medications that have been introduced to the market for the treatment of seizures.…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses the initial evaluation and the decision making process of initiating treatment. Disclosure:Owns stock, stock…
