NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing lung cancer is significantly lower in people with excess body weight compared to those of normal weight, according to…
Author Sonia Arrison, MA, talks about the implications of relatively inexpensive, widely available genome sequencing, which she says is not far off. Filmed at FutureMed, in February, 2012, at Singularity…
Jeremy Bailenson, Director, Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University, talks about the power of virtual reality technology to effect behavioral change, especially in the challenging area of lifestyle…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy-induced delayed nausea remains a significant problem, despite the availability of second-generation antiemetics, researchers say. In a study they conducted, over half of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In advanced ovarian cancer, extensive lymph node dissection in a second-look operation does not improve survival, Italian researchers say. Their randomized trial addressed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with esophageal cancer appear to have equally good survival after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) or traditional open surgery, according to a new…
Russ Altman, MD, PhD, Professor & Chair, Bioengineering, Stanford University, discusses the therapeutic advantages to be gained from integrating molecular, cellular, EMR and population data to understand how…
David Albert, MD, Founder & Chief Medical Officer, AliveCor, demonstrates the AliveCor ECG, an iPhone accessory that will allow both physicians and patients to capture and transmit clinical…
