NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s possible that more than 1 million men in the US have been needlessly treated for prostate cancer since the late 1980s, when…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A long-term trial has shown “no evidence to support the use of endovascular treatment” for carotid artery stenosis over endarterectomy in patients who…
Mark B. Lewin, MD, Chief, Cardiology, Co-Director Heart Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, talks about the issues surrounding the use of telemedicine, including billing, and…
Mark B. Lewin, MD, Chief, Cardiology, Co-Director Heart Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, talks through the process of doing pediatric echocardiography by telemedicine and how…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher diastolic blood pressure is independently associated with impaired cognitive function in otherwise healthy middle-aged and older adults, new research suggests. Findings from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding a clinical breast exam to mammography increases cancer detection rates and sensitivity – but it also increases rates of false positives and…
Jaime Landman MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia University Medical Center, describes the next step after minimally invasive laparascopic partial nephrectomy in the treatment of renal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with high-risk acute coronary syndromes (ACS) without ST-segment elevation, delaying intervention until the next working day does not appear to pose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean-style diet is more effective than a conventional low-fat, calorie restricted diet for patients with type II diabetes, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Insulin can be safely and effectively used as a first-line treatment, in combination with metformin, in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes,…