NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of 18F-FDG PET imaging can reduce the rate of futile laparotomies in patients with colorectal liver metastases from 45% to 28%, according…
Yan Trokel, MD, Cosmetic Surgeon, Founder and Director, The YAN Center for Corrective & Cosmetic Surgery, discusses the Zerona laser which allows loss of body fat in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of trial data suggests that erythropoietin can be safely used to treat anemia in patients with chronic heart failure and may…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Institute of Medicine recommends that normal weight women gain 25 to 35 pounds during pregnancy, but now new research indicates that this…
Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses findings of deep brain stimulation research, which demonstrated that cognitive performance and motor tasks were worse under…
Ivan Grunberger, MD, Chief of Urology, New York Methodist Hospital, Clinical Professor of Urology, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and Edward Zoltan, MD, director of Voiding Dysfunction New…
Michael Benninger, MD, Chairman, Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the effects of herd immunization with pneumococcal vaccination. Summary: Community vaccination against pneumococcal disease has showed a…
Adele Viguera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Research, Center for Women’s Mental Health, Cleveland Clinic, discusses how to maintain therapeutic drug levels for bipolar…
Adele Viguera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Clinical Research, Center for Women’s Mental Health, Cleveland Clinic, discusses anticonvulsant use in bipolar disorder and pregnancy, citing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even with its toxic effects, adjuvant chemotherapy improves quality-adjusted survival in patients with non-small-cell-lung cancer, according to a report in the Journal of…
