NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) is often prescribed for elderly patients who do not…
Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses how radical prostatectomy can provide a definitive cure in many cases of prostate cancer.…
WASHINGTON (from The George Washington University) – A new study by The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, that will be published in the Journal…
Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses how prostate cancer requires an integrated multidisciplinary approach. Related ReadingEnhancing prostate cancer care through…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stress and anxiety. Depression and anxiety are directly linked to HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and increase in cortisol. SSRIs…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with fibrinolytic therapy, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute MI is associated with a significant reduction in early mortality,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous balloon angioplasty with stenting of renal artery stenosis (RAS) added to medical therapy reduces the need for antihypertensive medication slightly, but otherwise…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among symptomatic children with chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, the condition does not resolve spontaneously, and chronic inflammation tends to increase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with the atypical antipsychotic asenapine prevents relapse of schizophrenia and is well tolerated, according to a report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review published by the Cochrane Library concludes that artesunate should replace quinine as the standard treatment for severe malaria. Dr. David Sinclair,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with high platelet reactivity after percutaneous coronary intervention, treatment with a high-dose clopidogrel regimen does not improve outcomes compared with standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature babies who received a packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion were more than twice as likely to develop necrotizing entercolitis (NEC) as…
