An interview with Adam Bosworth, founder of Keas. Keas is a web-based patient resource whose mission is to help patients understand what their health data means and how…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Old age has a greater impact on abdominal surgery outcomes than previously reported, according to two papers in the December Archives of Surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic total coronary occlusions, drug-eluting stents (DES) have better long-term outcomes than bare metal stents, according to a paper from…
Donnica Moore, MD, President, Sapphire Women’s Health Group, discusses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS, its definition and symptoms. CFS is a chronic, debilitating neuroimmune disease that not only…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients treated with high-dose recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage face a “small increased risk of what are usually minor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of statins are variable and depend on the agent being taken, a meta-analysis has shown. Pooled data from 10 randomized trials…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with their ability to block platelet aggregation, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appear to increase the risk of serious upper gastrointestinal (GI)…
Derek Enlander MD, Internist and CFS & Fibromyalgia specialist, discusses Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME and its history, symptomatology and diagnosis. Dr. Enlander is the author of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who are hepatitis B e antigen-positive, viral genotype is one of the strongest predictors…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A six-month course of triple antiplatelet therapy after drug-eluting stent implantation reduces the risk of revascularization for up to two years, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) is highest in the first few days, stroke risk remains elevated even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) improves aortic remodeling in patients with stable dissection of the descending aorta, but it remains unclear whether long-term…
