Published on May,22 2012 - by Forbes
Two studies published in JAMA provide additional but not surprising information about the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), hypertension, and the role of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). In ...
Published on February,23 2012 - by Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Doctors now have strong evidence that colonoscopies save lives, a finding that may encourage more people to get the dreaded tests to detect and prevent colon cancer. A team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering ...
Published on February,22 2012 - by Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although colon cancer screening is recommended by many organizations, less clear is which method is best to detect tumors and precancerous lesions. A new study in the New England Journal of ...
Published on February,16 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
MEXICO CITY _ He was a muralist, an educator and a civic activist who once helped save a colonial-era convent from demolition by moving in and living there. He published books, invented paints and signed his works "Dr ...
Published on January,05 2012 - by Everyday Health / MedPage Today
(MedPage Today) -- Chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) independently predicted the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in ischemic heart disease patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs ...
Published on December,16 2011 - by Everyday Health / MedPage Today
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- The classic clinical approach to smoldering multiple myeloma is watchful waiting, but immediate treatment offers a better outcome for some patients, a researcher said here. In asymptomatic ...
Published on December,15 2011 - by Everyday Health / MedPage Today
SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- The addition of bortezomib (Velcade) to melphalan and prednisone significantly improved overall survival among patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, researchers reported here at the ...
Published on August,30 2011 - by Everyday Health / MedPage Today
PARIS (MedPage Today) -- Supporting patients most in need of a heart transplant with a ventricular assist device (VAD) may worsen outcomes after they receive a new heart, researchers found. Among the highest-priority ...