NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac troponin-I is superior to electrocardiogram and creatinine kinase MB for predicting myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As first-line therapy for advanced chronic lymphocytic leukemia, bendamustine produced significantly higher response rates and longer progression-free survival than chlorambucil in a phase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Both progression-free and overall survival are extended in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with erlotinib following standard chemotherapy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Due to hemoglobin degradation, delayed return of fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) may miss colorectal adenomas and possibly also overt malignancy, according to…
Jeff Larche, owner of Digital Solid, a digital marketing consultancy and blog, talks about Search Engine Marketing (SEM) which is the process of improving the volume or quality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Allogeneic blood transfusions in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) substantially increase the patient’s odds of nosocomial infection, hospital readmission…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are less likely to survive until discharge if they have a known history of prior atherosclerosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vertebroplasty does not improve the pain or disability associated with osteoporotic spinal fractures, according to the results of two randomized trials appearing in…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture, the different training programs in the US and how to interpret the…
C. Robert Bernardino, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Residency Program Director, Director of Ophthalmic Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Yale University, discusses eye surgery transitioning from the…
