Staph aureus, which can be methicillin-resistant (MRSA) or methicillin-susceptible (MSSA), is a major cause of infections in hospitals and in the community. These infections have also affected those…
Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the factors that determine strong and weak candidates for lung transplantation…
Journalist David Ewing Duncan, discusses his personal experiences with the technologies of personalized medicine, and touches on the implications of genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and microbiomics. Filmed at FutureMed,…
Judd Moul, MD, explains why he disagrees with the recent move by the US Preventive Services Task Force to give the routine PSA exam a D-rating. He discusses…
Janna Andrews, MD takes us for a tour of the latest technological advancements in the field of radiation therapy delivery for prostate cancer treatment. She explains the benefits…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The increased risk of breast cancer in women who received radiotherapy above the diaphragm for treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) persists for at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is “sufficient” evidence that treatment with a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) increases the incidence of Clostridium-difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), say the authors of a…
When should patients seek a biopsy on their prostate? Under what circumstances is a biopsy administered? Stacy Loeb, MD, explains that the American Urological Association’s 2009 guidelines, the PSA,…
Low-risk prostate cancer patients have multiple options when it comes to treatment. Janna Andrews, MD, characterizes the differences between surgical and radiation treatments as well as the various subcategories…
Janna Andrews, MD, discusses the clinical threshold for when a physician should consider preforming a biopsy after preforming a PSA exam to screen for prostate cancer. She also…
How has the nature of chemotherapy and prostate cancer evolved? Janna Andrews, MD, explains that historically, there were not many options for patients who became resistant to androgen deprivation therapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Serrated lesions of the colorectum, once thought benign, may give rise to one-third of all colorectal cancers, but are more difficult to detect…
