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,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) conferred by oral contraceptives appears to be lowest with the older standbys: contraceptives containing levonorgestrel, progestogen-only pills,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – “There is no strong evidence” that any significant subpopulation of breast cancer patients diagnosed in the 1980s and early 1990s was ever “cured,”…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Environmental exposure to tobacco smoke – a known risk factor for myocardial infarction and other acute coronary syndromes (ACS) – can also worsen…
