By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Port-A-Cath-related thrombosis develops in up to 40% of pediatric oncology patients, researchers from Switzerland report. “Children with cancer who…
Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act begins on October 1st, but are you ready for the new policies to be implemented? How will policy and health coverage…
The United States is not a developing nation, in civil war, in famine, or in drought, yet it is not the healthiest nation. Many of the statistics presented…
More than half of knee replacements are performed on patients under the age of 65. A new study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines the cost…
John Kheir, MD, discusses his journey to find a way to oxygenate blood without the use of lungs. Using microparticles injected with oxygen, Kheir and his team were…
As we age, bones become less dense, increasing the risk of hip and other bone fractures. Testing bone mineral density is one way physicians assess a patient’s fracture…
What if it were possible to combine the technological capabilities of an entire laboratory on one single chip? Scientists all across Europe may be getting close. Scientists at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A novel VEGFR inhibitor, tivozanib, improves progression-free survival significantly in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma but does not improve overall survival, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After primary surgery for early-stage endometrial cancer, adjuvant external beam radiation therapy confers no survival benefit overall, according to a Norwegian study. In…
Many of Uganda’s health centers are located in remote areas, where there is not adequate health information and poor delivery systems. Subsequently, these facilities are not able to…
Born with a rare neuromuscular condition called Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, two-year-old Emma Lavelle has severely contracted joints and muscle weakness leaving her without the ability to lift her…
Drug and alcohol addiction is often a chronic or ongoing problem like smoking and depression. Many health systems are looking to treat these conditions by implementing coordinated chronic…
