NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Porcine surfactant (poractant alfa) may work better than bovine surfactant (beractant) in preterm newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), according to results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) receiving invasive or noninvasive mechanical ventilation benefit from systemic corticosteroid therapy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women in spontaneous labor but requiring labor augmentation, oral misoprostol is as effective as intravenous oxytocin, at team from the University of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When colorectal metastases to the liver are resectable, preoperative chemo is not beneficial. For unresectable lesions, however, chemotherapy to downsize the lesions can…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In selected patients, colectomy can be performed laparoscopically via a single port. However, the advantages of this technique over multiport laparoscopic colectomy seem…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) candesartan is not associated with either carcinogenesis or cancer death compared with non-ARB standard antihypertensive treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with large proximal ureteral stones, laparoscopic ureterolithotomy (LAP) is associated with higher success rates and fewer treatment sessions than extracorporeal shock…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial, ticagrelor and clopidogrel were associated with similar rates of major bleeding, but ticagrelor was…
Neil Jacobson, Singularity University Co-Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, discusses the history and future of artificial intelligence in medicine. Discussion includes implications for patient data integrity and…
Astro Teller, Co-founder, BodyMedia, Inc., discusses the role of body monitors in the management of sleep, pain, stress and weight, and how those monitors can involve patients in…
Todd Brinton, MD, Fellowship Director, Stanford University, talks about the biodesign program at Stanford which has a goal of teaching its fellows to develop medical technology and bring…
Peter Alperin, MD, VP of Medicine, Archimedes, discusses the Archimedes Indigo tool which is designed to help clinicians manage information and variables pertaining to disease risk for individual…
