NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Weight gain and metabolic problems complicate use of second-generation antipsychotic medications by children and adolescents, investigators report in the October 28 issue of…
DMC Heart Imaging Specialist Doctor Hamid Sattar uses the 64-slice Coronary CTA to find coronary artery disease before symptoms even appear. Detroit Medical Center For more information, please…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liquid-based cytology is no better than conventional Pap tests in detecting cervical cancer precursors, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although diclofenac is commonly used to treat acute pain in children, it is not licensed for this purpose in all age groups. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For hypothyroid patients taking levothyroxine, therapeutic levels are best maintained by taking the medication in a fasting state, at least an hour before…
DMC Podiatrist Dr. Charles Kissel perfoms a bunionectomy to help a woman get back on her feet and back to work. Detroit Medical Center Submitted by Detroit Medical…
Theresa Conologue, DO, Staff Dermatologist, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, discusses atrophoderma vermiculatum (AV), a rare follicular disorder primarily affecting children with reticular or honeycomb atrophy of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A central pulse pressure (PP) of 50 mmHg or higher is predictive of future MI, coronary heart disease, and other cardiovascular events, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, combining the thalidomide analog lenalidomide with low-dose dexamethasone led to better short-term survival than lenalidomide plus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tourette’s syndrome patients had a reduction in tics and other psychological symptoms during a 2-year study of bilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation, investigators…
Recruiting physicians is getting even more competitive and threatening to become a full-contact sport. That’s the key takeaway from a groundbreaking study of physician recruitment and retention trends…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In postmenopausal women with osteopenia, zoledronic acid, given either once-yearly or as a single infusion, is well tolerated and effective in preventing bone…
