NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-dose chemo followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation achieves good results in patients with relapsed Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and outcomes are not improved by additional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The common practice of routinely testing patients with ischemic stroke for inherited thrombophilias can do more harm than good, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About 1% of outpatient endoscopies require a subsequent visit to the emergency room for related complications, but fewer than a quarter of these…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In order to minimize the risk of potential harms, erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) in patients undergoing myelosuppressive chemotherapy should be administered at the lowest…
Pedram Mizani, MD, MHSA, CEO of AmeriClerkships, speaks at the 2010 AMA Annual Meeting, discusses the concept of acculturation. This means training doctors from early on learn culturally…
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, delegate of the AMA Minority Affairs Consortium, talks at the annual AMA delegation about the importance of simplifying labeling to decrease obesity. Standards for…
Kenneth Simons, MD, Chair of the Section of Medical Schools at AMA, talks at the Annual AMA Delegation about the challenges in medical education, the first of which…
Emru U. Seli, MD, Assistant Professor and Director of the Third Party Reproductive Program at Yale University, discusses fertility preservation for women who are about to undergo treatment…
Emru U. Seli, MD, Assistant Professor and Director of the Third Party Reproductive Program at Yale University, discusses fertility preservation for women who are about to undergo treatment…
Michael J. Manos, MD, PhD, Head of the Center for Pediatric Behavioral Health, Children’s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, discusses ADHD and describes some of the benefits of having this…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The reported sensitivity of numerous blood-based markers proposed for the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) are probably higher than might be expected…
