Healthcare guidelines are supposed to aid physicians in treatment options for their patients, but are they driving up healthcare costs? Richard Amerling, MD, Present-Elect of the Association for…
Electronic Health Records (EHR) were intended to increase efficiency and lower cost, but is that what they are doing in US medical care? Richard Amerling, MD, President-Elect Association of…
Cord blood contains a plethora of stem cells with the potential for healing and regeneration. But what are the advantages of using cord blood stem cells over other…
Many patients do not know about the uses and potential of umbilical cord blood. Rallie McAllister, MD, MPH, CBR Spokesperson and Co-author of The Mommy MD Guides, discusses…
Medicaid rates continue to decline but is it the most cost-efficient system for the US? Many doctors will not want to participate in Obamacare due to low reimbursement…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although trastuzumab is directed against the HER2 protein, patients with HER2-negative breast cancer may also benefit from adjuvant trastuzumab therapy, researchers report. They…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – How much an individual patient with esophageal cancer is likely to benefit, if at all, from chemoradiotherapy (CRT) before undergoing esophagectomy can be…
After receiving a coronary stent to repair a blocked artery to the heart, patients are given blood-thinning medications. This can help prevent clots from forming in the stent.…
Hair loss affects nearly 50% of people in the US and across the world. Those who suffer from hair loss may lack expression of genes regulated hair growth.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A diagnosis of bladder cancer after an initial presentation with hematuria is often delayed in both men and women – but the delay…
Hair loss, both the more medical forms and more conventional forms, affects many millions of people in the US and across the world. Current treatments include “accidental” drug…
