NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s no evidence that starting treatment with the anti-obesity drug orlistat raises the likelihood of developing colorectal cancer, at least in the short…
The Affordable Care Act includes a pay for performance program designed to promote high quality health care. A new study examined if financial incentives paid to physicians and…
By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are not at increased mortality risk compared with their IBD-free peers, but they do…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The identification of differing patterns of oncogenic mutations in squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the cervix may lead to more targeted treatments,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The psychostimulant modafinil is no better than a placebo in improving fatigue, depression and cognitive function in patients with primary brain tumors (PBT),…
Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease usually includes taking a variety of medications regularly. However, even after experiencing a heart attack or stroke many patients do not take…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After surgery for stage III colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy reduces the risk of distant recurrence by about half, and elderly patients benefit to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The addition of bevacizumab to adjuvant chemotherapy does not improve invasive disease-free rates in women after resection of breast cancer that’s negative for…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with unresectable primary spinal sarcoma may benefit from carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT), Japanese researchers say. Compared with proton…
Hepatitis C is a virus that causes liver inflammation. If not treated effectively it can lead to cirrhosis, liver failure, and even death. A new study tested whether…
Ever wondered what you and your patients were really getting from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? A new blog by NYC neurologist, Dr. Anthony Geraci, explores…
Jay S. Duker, MD, Director of the New England Eye Center, discusses the unmet need for patients with wet and dry macular degeneration. Dr. Duker discusses alternative forms of…
