E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses percutaneous mitral valve replacement, which is more challenging than aortic valve replacement, using a mitral valve clip called…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses catheter-based aortic valve replacement and the Partner trial, which is studying the outcomes of surgery versus catheter or…
C. Robert Bernardino, MD, FACS, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Residency Program Director, Director of Ophthalmic Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Service, Yale University, discusses thyroid eye disease, which is…
E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, discusses anticoagulation for patients with mechanical valves, highlighting the use of the antithrombotics aspirin and clopidogrel for some patients…
Chad Deal, MD, Rheumatologist, Head, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease, Cleveland Clinic, discusses denosumab, a new treatment for osteoporosis now being used to treat patients who…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture and its physiology. Summary: Acupuncture needling with electrical stimulation produces release of…
Daniel Mazanec, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Director, Center for Spine Health Cleveland Clinic, discusses medical acupuncture and its role in western medicine treating headache, musculoskeletal disorders including osteoarthritis.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In trials of antimuscarinic agents for overactive bladder, the placebo responses tend to be large, statistically significant, and heterogeneous, according to a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using 30% rather than 90% oxygen to resuscitate extremely low gestational age neonates results in less oxidative stress, inflammation, and chronic lung disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some modulators of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) appear to be effective in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the results of a systematic review…
