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Partial Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Can Prolong Life
The "Basingstoke Predictive Index" can now be used to risk-stratify patients and guide evidence-based use of hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Clemens, McNamee, and Congress Part I: Reflections on the Steroid Era, Baseball's Perdition -- and Redemption
Who speaks the truth, Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee? To look at the steroids era in baseball from a sports medicine perspective, we went to an expert who was an early critic of the juiced game.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, March 2008
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How Do I Select the Right Adjuvant Chemotherapy Regimen for My Patient With Breast Cancer?
In view of the available options, how should one select adjuvant chemotherapy after primary breast cancer treatment? Dr. Eric Winer helps make sense of existing evidence.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, March 2008
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Rapid Injections Trump Slow for Minimizing Injection Pain
Rapid vs slow needle insertion: What's better?
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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How to Improve Patient Compliance in Dyslipidemia Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. George Lundberg discusses whether system-initiated patient alerts or patient-initiated requests for support or no intervention made a difference in screening and intervention.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Does Calcium Supplementation, with or without Vitamin D, Reduce Bone Loss and Fractures in Older Adults?
Does calcium supplementation, with or without vitamin D, reduce bone loss and fractures in older adults?
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Fibromyalgia Is Not a Rheumatologic Disease Anymore
George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; Editor-in-Chief, Internal Medicine, eMedicine, discusses whether we should believe in fibromyalgia.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Can Nurse Practitioners Bill for Sedation Services for Pediatric Patients?
How should nurse practitioners code for sedation services so that they will be reimbursed?
Medscape Nurses, February 2008
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What Is the Best Way to Treat and Rehabilitate a Ruptured Achilles Tendon?
What is the best way to treat and rehabilitate a ruptured Achilles tendon?
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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The Need for a US Health Television Network
Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, proposes a new health and medicine TV network.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Locoregional Recurrence of Breast Cancer After Mastectomy
Can surgery improve survival in a patient with chest wall recurrence a decade after mastectomy?
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, January 2008
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Is Computed Tomography an Increasing Source of Radiation Exposure?
David A. Johnson, MD, provides clinical commentary on a recent article published in The New England Journal of Medicine assessing the impact of CT as a major source of medical radiation.
Medscape Gastroenterology, January 2008
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What Patients Need to Know About Breast Biopsies
Learn how to alleviate your patients' fears and provide accurate information about a common but anxiety-provoking diagnostic procedure.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2007
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Healthcare Worker Influenza Immunization
Despite local and national efforts to encourage influenza vaccination, the overall vaccination rate among US healthcare workers remains unacceptably low. What can be done to improve rates?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, December 2007
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A Conversation About Sudden Unexpected Death (SUDA) in "Healthy" Adults, Adults With Known Heart Disease, Athletes, Adolescents, and Infants (SIDS)
Drs. Eric Prystowsky and George Lundberg discuss sudden death in many different clinical populations at the recent American Heart Association meeting.
Medscape General Medicine, December 2007
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Do Oral Contrast Agents Have a Role in Managing Intestinal Obstruction?
Commentary on a study on contrast agents and intestinal obstruction, published July 2007 in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Medscape General Surgery, December 2007
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Prevention and Treatment of Lymphedema Related to Breast Cancer
Although lymphedema associated with breast cancer treatment is not currently curable, early detection, treatment, and maintenance contribute to better outcomes.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, December 2007
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MRI vs Mammography? Should We Switch Over?
Commentary on a study on MRI and breast cancer, published August 11 2007 in the Lancet.
Medscape General Surgery, December 2007
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Science and Sensibility: An Interview With Professor Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine 1996
Prof. Rolf Zinkernagel, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner, was interviewed after his lecture on "Why Do We Not Have a Vaccine Against TB or HIV (Yet)?"
Medscape General Medicine, November 2007
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Dark Clouds on the Horizon: Preparing for the Next Influenza Pandemic, Part 1
Was the Great Plague of Athens (ca. 430 BC) the first recorded influenza pandemic? Was the SARS outbreak of 2003 the latest warning? Could avian influenza H5N1 virus usher the next influenza pandemic?
Medscape Infectious Diseases, October 2007
