NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biomarkers of systemic inflammation are independent predictors of mortality, cardiovascular events, and amputation-free survival in patients undergoing lower extremity revascularization (LER), new research…
Joe Minniti, the Executive Director of the Cancer Foundation for Personal Appearance and Larry Cohen, Executive Vice President of the NIA Group, talk about the NIA group’s support…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, makes the case for doctors to start treating patients as equals, citing the examples…
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, makes the case for doctors to provide meaningful information so that patients leave an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excessive weight, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension in mid-life are strongly correlated with the development of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, investigators report in an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of radiation dose-reduction techniques can decrease the amount of radiation a patient receives during cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) without compromising image quality,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Failure to get a full night’s sleep can lead to weight gain or compromise the beneficial effects of a reduced calorie diet on…
Edward J Dubovi, PhD, Director, Virology Section Diagnostic Center, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses coxiella burnetii, which causes Q fever, and its manifestations in animals and…
Kathleen M. Stoessel, MD, Director Medical Retina Sub-Section, Yale Eye Center, discusses the impetus to screen for the retinopathy of prematurity, a disorder of developing retinal blood vessels…
Frank A. Papay, MD, FACS, FAAP, Chairman of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the face transplant carried out at the Cleveland Clinic, and the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Waist size and body mass index are independently associated with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in school-age children, according to research in the June…
