NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young women, the presence of lupus anticoagulant is associated with a more than 40-fold increased risk of stroke and 5-fold increased risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In response, in part, to the availability of new vaccines, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has issued an update to their 2002…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is independently associated with high rates of mortality, myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of the largest and longest study of gastrin biology in Barrett’s esophagus to date provide further evidence that long-term therapy with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In detecting prostate cancer, no single prostate specific antigen (PSA) cut-off value achieves the likelihood ratios usually required of a screening test, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a large population-based study in Denmark suggest that children born to women who use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who become mothers are more likely to develop the metabolic syndrome during middle age than are their nulliparous counterparts, prospective study findings…
Ted Anderson, MD, PhD, FACOG, FACS, Director of Gynecology/Gynecologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discusses the new Adiana Hysteroscopic Sterilization System. The permanent sterilization technique does not involve…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is “compelling evidence” for a benefit of statins in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the evidence is not yet strong enough…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diabetes is an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation in women, U.S. investigators report in the October issue of Diabetes Care. The disease…
James Rohack, MD, President of the American Medical Association discusses the benefits of AMA membership in an interview with Michael Banks, MD, co-founder of The Doctor’s Channel. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who undergo vaginal hysterectomy and reconstructive pelvic surgery during the same operation are more likely to have perioperative complications than those who…
