NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral antiglycemic agents have a modest effect on reducing glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes, suggests a new systematic review published online…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the Spine Patient Outcome Research Trial, which showed that surgical…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses challenges in craniofacial surgery, the holy grail of which is the search for a better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Starting antibiotics within the first two days of hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) significantly improved outcomes in a large cohort study…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, UCLA, discusses the testing of new compounds like supplements and anti-amyloid compounds to help protect healthy brains before Alzheimer’s disease…
Arya Nick Shamie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses the use of stem cells in spinal cord injury to…
Reza Jarrahy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UCLA, discusses Operation MEND, which is a collaboration UCLA has with the US Army to treat craniofacial…
Joseph Demer, MD, Professor of Opthalmology and Neurology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses orbital MRI with relation to diagnosis of the many types of strabismus. Using…
Andrew Charles, MD, Professor, Director of Headache Research and Treatment Program, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses migraine treatment, and the strategy doctors must use when approaching…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Including tirofiban (Aggrastat) in pre-hospital protocols can improve the outcomes of angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to randomized trial results.…
