NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic internal carotid artery occlusion who successfully undergo carotid artery stenting show improvement in global cognitive function, Taiwanese researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgery offers the best hope for survival in patients with the rare intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC), researchers from San Francisco report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis does not increase the risk of stroke or mortality after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of epirubicin and ifosfamide is effective in patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC), researchers from France report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is significantly higher for those whose sibling also had VTE, researchers from Sweden report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Smoking does not affect platelet reactivity or clinical effectiveness in patients who have received clopidogrel, according to a report in the August 11th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin D, especially in combination with calcium, may reduce the risk of falls, according to a report in the July 27th online issue…
Health 2.0, in conjunction with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), announced a bold new program, Investing in Innovative (“i2”) Initiative, designed to…
Jean-Luc Neptune, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President of Health 2.0, discusses the background behind Health 2.0. Health 2.0 is a media, conference and technology company focused on using…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A closed-loop hydration and fluid balancing system protects against contrast-induced acute kidney injury in high-risk patients, according to results of a study published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Free-text searches of electronic medical records (EMRs) perform better than administrative data codes in identifying postoperative complications, a study in the August 24/31…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Currently available evidence supports pulse oximetry screening of newborns for low blood oxygen saturation to detect critical congenital heart disease (CCHD), according to…
