NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Encouraging results with total arch replacement combined with stented “elephant trunk” implantation suggest that this strategy should become a new standard of management…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women with a singleton pregnancy, prior preterm birth, and a short cervix, cerclage significantly reduces the risk of another preterm delivery, as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recovery is faster after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction when standard rehabilitation is enhanced with neuromuscular electrical stimulation delivered by an integrated thigh-sleeve…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As well as improving HbA1c, continuous glucose monitoring reduces the time spent in hypoglycemia for children and adults with type 1 diabetes on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Retropubic or transobturator placement of tension-free vaginal tape are both effective techniques for reducing stress urinary incontinence in women. However, leg or groin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The vasodilatory effect of inhaled nitric oxide does nothing to ease the severity of vaso-occlusive crises in patients with sickle cell disease. That…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses salivary cortisol testing which is increasingly being used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypothalamic pituitary…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand cardiovascular disease. Cortisol has effects in causing disease over the long-term. It lowers growth hormone levels, increases…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand mental health. Seventy five to 90% of patients seek primary care for stress-related conditions. By 2020, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Erythromycin infusion fosters preparation of the upper gastrointestinal tract for endoscopy in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding without the need for nasogastric tube…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Finasteride reduces clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) over the long term in men with prostate volumes of 30 mL or greater,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research from Japan suggests that antenatal corticosteroids promote survival in extremely preterm infants born at 22 to 23 weeks gestation. Based on…
