Avraham I. Rivkind, M.D., Head of the Department of General Surgery and Shock Trauma Unit at Hadassah University Hospital Ein-Karem Hadassah’s role in forensics. Specifically, he discusses the…
Avraham I. Rivkind, M.D., Head of the Department of General Surgery and Shock Trauma Unit at Hadassah University Hospital Ein-Karem, discusses new developments at Hadassah in the field…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Breast cancer patients found to have micrometastases in the sentinel lymph node (SLN) but who do not undergo completion axillary lymph node dissection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with diabetes and hypertension, an antihypertensive regimen combining an ACE inhibitor with a calcium channel blocker provides better protection against cardiovascular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The distress of multiple venipunctures in hospitalized pediatric patients can be avoided by obtaining blood samples through a peripheral venous catheter placed for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) independently predicts cardiovascular disease events, this parameter does not add useful information to traditional risk factor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining oral and injectable antihistamines or corticosteroids appears more effective for treating acute urticaria in children than using just one treatment modality, Taiwanese…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with double-layer uterine closure, single-layer closure following caesarean section doubles the risk of uterine rupture during a subsequent trial of labor, Canadian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was just as effective and safe as ciprofloxacin in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in non-infarct-related coronary vessels along with primary PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) appears to jeopardize patient…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite its widespread use, there is no conclusive evidence that oxygen therapy benefits patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a paper…
Bideawee, one of the nation’s largest and oldest human organizations, honored WebMD for their Health Pets initiative at their annual Gala in New York City. Nan Forte, Executive…
