NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anticoagulant use may be a predictor of overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving docetaxel, retrospective data suggest. The…
Ron Shelton, MD, co-founder of The New York Aesthetic Consultants, wants to educate you on how to prevent wrinkles. He discusses factors in the development of wrinkles, including sun…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transplantation of hematopoietic cells from a donor with a single matched HLA haplotype, combined with post-transplant cyclophosphamide, may be a good alternative when…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has transformed into aggressive-histology lymphoma do better when treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation…
Imagine using stem cells to rebuild the heart following severe heart failure or coronary heart disease. James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s…
James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, addresses a topic of great concern in cardiology today: leakage following aortic…
Each year in the United States thousands of women undergo a hysterectomy for non-cancer-related gynecological disorders. Many of these procedures are performed using minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing exposure to alkylating agents in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma is key to reducing the risk of developing therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia or…
James T. Willerson, MD, President and Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, discusses groundbreaking new therapies to cure cardiovascular disease using stem cell technology.…
John J. Ross, MD, instructor at Harvard Medical School, author of Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough: Medical Lives of Famous Writers, discusses the medical history of Herman Melville and…
This month in Discussion in Diabetes, Steven Edelman, MD, discusses strategies to help prevent diabetes in your patients. He looks at key risk factors to monitor as well…
It is generally recommended that women who are planning to become pregnant take a daily supplement of folic acid. Taking this supplement has been associated with reduced risk…
