NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) is a viable alternative to surgery for long-bone hypertrophic nonunions. “When we examined patients and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercise-induced ST-segment elevation in patients who never had a myocardial infarction (MI) is a highly specific marker of coronary artery disease and a…
A controversial audit program in the process of being rolled out in all 50 states by 2010 is sparking concerns not just from the nation’s largest hospitals, but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of women in a recent survey had undiagnosed urinary incontinence, with two thirds reporting moderate to severe symptoms. Because urinary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Blood transfusion is safe and may be beneficial in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, say researchers from Israel in the October American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – MRI of the breast has the greatest potential, compared with digital mammography or whole-breast ultrasound, for detecting cancers missed by film screen mammogram,…
This week, the AMA sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi outlining its support for the concurrent passage of two health system reform bills before…
Charles Lockwood, MD, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Services, Yale School of Medicine, describes the current research at one of the nation’s top programs.…
Hugh S. Taylor, MD, is Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and Director of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Yale University School of Medicine discusses the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving abciximab to high-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) before transferring them for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces 1-year mortality without increasing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women treated for small (1 cm or less), node-negative breast cancers, HER2 positivity is strongly linked to recurrence and poorer disease-free survival,…
Edward J Dubovi, MA, PhD, Director, Virology Service, Diagnostic Center, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses the role of the Cornell Diagnostic Center, which aims to provide…
