Hylton Mayer, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor Yale University Department of Opthalmology, discusses capsular tension rings, plastic like device used at the time of cataract surgery to assist in…
Jonathan Sears, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses retinopathy of prematurity, which affects 10-15% of the 500,000 premature infants born annually in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with cerebral ischemia, treatment with tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) is known to confer substantial benefit when given within 3 hours of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Information from previous colonoscopies may help identify low-risk polypectomy patients who are unlikely to benefit from intense surveillance, a large prospective cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study-Cognition Substudy suggest that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors that cross the blood-brain barrier reduce the risk of incident…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A network of altered genes appears to play a key role in the pathogenesis of gliomas, according to a report in the Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is superior to symptom analysis for detecting ovarian cancer, while symptom analysis is better able to distinguish benign tumors, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Muscle pain and weakness in patients taking statins often reflect true muscle damage, new research shows. Moreover, real muscle injury may exist even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term strenuous activity may cut the risk of breast cancer in women, but may have a harmful effect on cognition, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A further analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials indicates that the risks of hormone therapy still generally outweigh the…
