West Nile virus remains an important public health concern since appearing in the United States back in 1999. Part of the challenge is dealing with the unpredictability of…
Danil V. Makarov, MD, MHS and Herbert Lepor, MD present the case of a 71-year-old man who had several signs indicating prostate cancer but was otherwise extremely healthy and participates in triathlons.…
Jack Andraka, recipient of the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award, explains the process of developing a cheap, fast, and 100% accurate diagnostic test for pancreatic cancer. Drawing from…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai Hospital, presents the case of a 48-year-old woman with diabetes who is currently taking metformin and glimepiride but is experiencing weight…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai Hospital, presents the case of a 48-year-old woman with diabetes who is currently taking metformin and glimepiride but is experiencing weight gain. He discusses…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A small study indicates that most patients with cutaneous B-cell lymphoma who respond well to rituximab relapse after about two years. On the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to a historically pessimistic outlook, high-risk prostate cancer can be controlled with moderate high-dose radiation treatment and prolonged androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). That…
The Medicare program has different financial incentives. Under Medicare Fee-for-Service, patients are billed for each individual procedure they undergo. Under Medicare Advantage, patients have an annual fixed amount…
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center at UCSF Medical Center, explains how the immersive nature of video games can be used to benefit medical disorders as…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carboplatin plus pemetrexed improves survival over pemetrexed alone in ambulatory patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), randomized trial…
Uncontrolled blood pressure can increase the risk for possible heart attack or stroke. In the U.S., almost half the patients with high blood pressure do not have it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated meta-analysis supports the strategy of giving intravesical chemotherapy (IVC) immediately after bladder tumor resection to reduce the risk of recurrence. “However,…
