Jaime Landman, MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia Medical Center, describes technological advances in endoscopy and lasers used to treat kidney disease. References and Resources Andonian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When radical cystectomy is not performed within 12 weeks of diagnosis with stage II bladder cancer, all-cause and disease-specific mortality increases, US researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with depressive symptoms are at increased risk for developing coronary heart disease (CHD), especially fatal CHD, according to findings from the Nurses’…
Jaime Landman MD, Director of Minimally Invasive Urology at Columbia Medical Center discusses Cytoreductive Nephrectomy, the cutting edge of kidney cancer management for patients whose disease is not…
Elderly patients take shorter steps than young adults and are far more likely to fall while walking. Until recently, however, the precise reason for this difference was unknown.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who are admitted on a weekend for bleeding peptic ulcers have worse survival than their peers admitted on a weekday, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – even when their disease is relatively stable – are at increased risk of dying if…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Abnormal glucose tolerance can be detected by a carbon-13 labeled oral glucose tolerance test in which 13-CO2 excreted in the breath is measured…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Another study has shown an interaction between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors. The findings indicate that patients who receive clopidogrel and a PPI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children of parents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for psychiatric disorders themselves, particularly early-onset bipolar spectrum disorders, according to a report…
