NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of “real-life” data from a French myocardial infarction (MI) registry fails to show any clinically relevant interaction between clopidogrel and proton…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, is a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia. He discusses the regulatory environment in medicine in the US, as well as the…
Jonathan Sackier, MD, is a Visiting Professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia. He discusses regulations dealing with conflicts of interest between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Complete visualization of the entire small intestine is achieved more easily with double-balloon endoscopy than with single-balloon endoscopy, according to a report from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Suppressive therapy with corticosteroids and antihistamines is effective for managing clopidogrel hypersensitivity in the majority of cases, allowing antiplatelet therapy to continue uninterrupted,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with myeloma treated with thalidomide, antithrombotic prophylactic therapies with aspirin, warfarin or enoxaparin reduce thromboembolic events to a similar degree, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of an early phase trial indicate that wearing an experimental dual-focus soft contact lens can reduce myopia progression in children, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Insulin degludec, an ultra-long-acting basal insulin, provides glycemic control in type 1 diabetes similar to that of insulin glargine but with lower occurrence…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the workup of patients with early esophageal neoplasia, endoscopic ultrasound is unreliable for identifying submucosal infiltration and lymph node involvement — the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polyps located in the right hemi-colon, particularly in the cecum, seem to be a substantial and independent risk factor for delayed post-polypectomy hemorrhage,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study questions the “universal definition” of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-related myocardial infarction (MI type 4a) — an increase of the biomarkers…
