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17-May-12
During the 7th Annual Community Oncology Conference, Dr. Howard Burris III talked about MET inhibitors, "a fascinating new class of anti-cancer agents." He also talked about what community oncologists can do to increase participation...
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30-Apr-12
Lung cancer is no longer treated as a monolithic illness, according Dr. Corey J. Langer, director of thoracic oncology at Abrahamson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. In this interview, he discusses the impact...
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22-Apr-12
Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in the STAMPEDE trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. Dr. Philip R. Schauer discusses the study results. See the related...
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18-Apr-12
Selective renal denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension continues to rack up impressively large and durable blood pressure reductions and a solid safety profile 3 years post-procedure, according to the latest update from the...
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08-Apr-12
During the 7th Annual Community Oncology Conference, Dr. Howard "Skip" Burris III talked about MET inhibitors, "a fascinating new class of anti-cancer agents." He also talked about what community oncologists can do to increase...
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29-Mar-12
Sleeping too much as well as too little appears to be detrimental to cardiovascular health, according to large retrospective analysis of the NHANES database. Individuals who slept less than 6 hours per day had twice the risk of...
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23-Mar-12
Antimicrobial agents were the most common identifiable causes of outpatient cutaneous adverse drug events, with amoxicillin being the most frequent single causative substance, in a study of data collected from 1995 to 2005. Dr. Cheryl...
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18-Mar-12
The development of the positron emission tomography radiotracer known as AV-45, or florbetapir F18, for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease carries with it dilemmas, according to Dr. Jeffrey L. Cummings. See the related story at...
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01-Mar-12
Ruling out herpes simplex virus infection is the first order of business in any neonate who displays interrupted skin integrity, whether in the form of erosions, vesicles, pustules, erythroderma, or purpura, explains Dr. Albert C. Yan...
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21-Feb-12
The largest, best controlled comparison of aspirin and warfarin ever done in patients with heart failure showed no overall difference between the two drugs for preventing thromboembolic events that cause death or stroke -- but the trial...
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