Individuals with stable coronary artery disease, or stable angina, experience chest pain on exertion when narrowed or blocked arteries reduce the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. Current treatment calls for lifestyle changes and optimal medical therapy that… Read More ›
As many as two-thirds of women with breast cancer who have surgical treatment opt for removal of the affected tissue while preserving as much of the breast as possible, rather than undergo a complete mastectomy. Sometimes the patients who undergo… Read More ›
Citing advances in scientifically proven strategies to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on the world community to join the United States in creating “an AIDS-free generation.” Speaking today at the National Institutes of Health… Read More ›
Patients who received annual chest radiography for 4 years were no less likely to die of lung cancer than those who received usual care, according to findings from a large randomized trial published online today in JAMA. In an accompanying… Read More ›
Efforts by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw from the market a drug to treat low blood pressure that received approval 15 years ago through the agency’s accelerated-approval process appear stalled. The drug, midodrine hydrochloride, was approved… Read More ›
While off-label use of atypical antipsychotics has skyrocketed in recent years, such treatment is beneficial for only a handful of conditions, an analysis published today in JAMA found. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of atypical… Read More ›
Patients who have experienced a stroke are more likely to benefit from receiving aggressive medical therapy alone than receiving such therapy plus the insertion of a stent to reopen a blocked intracranial artery, according to results of an important randomized… Read More ›
A long-awaited update to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) rules governing conflicts of interest requires institutions receiving federal funding to disclose more detail about their investigators’ financial relationships with industry. Since the previous set of rules was established in… Read More ›
Proposed changes to US oversight of human research would extend existing protections to studies not receiving federal funding and offer individuals more control over how their tissues are used in research, according to Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)… Read More ›
Patients may want to avoid hospitalization during July, if possible, when the annual turnover of medical trainees occurs. The reason: the change is associated with an increase in mortality rates and a decrease in the efficiency of care, according to… Read More ›
