NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prevalence of heterotopic ossification in victims of war injuries is roughly 65%, much higher than the rates typically reported with civilian trauma,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prophylactic use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) can help prevent pneumonia and other pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes have an almost three-fold higher risk of acute pancreatitis and two-fold greater risk of biliary disease compared with…
Jeffrey M. Weinberg, MD, Associate Chair of the Department of Dermatology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center reviews the pathogenesis and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–associated psoriasis. Psoriasis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The “ABCD” rule for predicting stroke following a first transient ischemic attack (TIA) can be used by emergency physicians to decide which patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Women with long-standing hypothyroidism are at increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, the results of a case-control study suggest. By contrast, hypothyroidism is not significantly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercises involving the tongue and soft palate may reduce the severity and symptoms of moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), sleep specialists report in…
Modern Physician explores the debate in the medical community over the role of the federal government and health insurance companies in the medical treatment decisions between doctors and…
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
Check out the new Carson D. Schneck Gross Anatomy Lab at the Temple University School of Medicine. It features computers on articulating arms over each dissecting table thatwill…
