NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the largest cohort study to date, statin treatment was found to reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, regardless of the drug’s lipophilicity…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term follow-up after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy shows that while many women continue to experience vaginal bleeding and pelvic pain, these symptoms are not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elective repeat cesarean delivery at term but before 39 weeks is associated with higher rates of adverse outcomes, physicians in the US report…
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appears to be a link between genetically controlled serotonergic modulation of amygdala activity and placebo-induced relief of anxiety, Swedish…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the general population of Japan, coffee consumption is related to a lower risk of cancer of the oral cavity,…
Armand Daccache, MD, Assistant Professor – Retina/Vitreous Section, Associate Director – Residency Program, Yale Eye Center, discusses epidemiology and treatment of ischemic optic neuropathy. References and Resources Athappilly…
John J. Huang, MD, Assistant Professor at the Yale Eye Center, discusses genetic testing to predict development of macular degeneration. References and Resources Stone EM. Genetic testing for…
John J. Huang, MD, Assistant Professor at the Yale Eye Center, talks about diagnosis and treatment of uveitis. References and Resources Ephgrave K. Extra-intestinal manifestations of Crohn’s disease.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic heart failure, higher systolic blood pressures paradoxically predict better survival, according to researchers in the UK. Writing in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of published studies suggests that chorionic villus sampling (CVS) for prenatal diagnosis may be associated with an increased risk of infantile…
Google Product Manager, Roni Zeiger, MD, discusses his passions and the path that led him to his current role. For more information on this physician, visit: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/is-there-doctor-in-family.html Sponsored…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The incidence of invasive fungal infections in very low birthweight neonates is significantly reduced in those given prophylactic bovine lactoferrin, an Italian group reports…
