Landmark Global Study Provides New Evidence of Lymph Node Radiation Benefit in Long-Term Breast Cancer Control

Jul 24, 2015 at 05:47 am by Staff

A landmark clinical trial led by radiation oncologists in Australia, Canada and the United States has shown that radiation treatment of the lymph nodes in addition to the brea.... Read More

The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Releases Global Statistics on Cosmetic Procedures

Jul 17, 2015 at 07:59 am by Staff

More than 20 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed worldwide in 2014, according to statistics released July 8 by the International Society of Aes.... Read More

Small, New Study Shows More than Half of Breast Cancer Patients Develop Diastolic Dysfunction After Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy

Jul 16, 2015 at 09:03 am by Staff

Patients who undergo treatment with anthracycline-based chemotherapy for breast cancer are at risk of developing diastolic dysfunction, according to a new study published in T.... Read More

New CDC Study Highlights Pneumonia Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults

Jul 15, 2015 at 08:52 am by Staff

Viruses, not bacteria, are the most commonly detected respiratory pathogens in U.S. adults hospitalized with pneumonia, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study re.... Read More

Tavenner to Fill Ignagni's Spot with AHIP

Jul 15, 2015 at 12:28 am by Staff

Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Marilyn Tavenner has been tapped to lead the America's Health Insurance Plans. On July 15, the AHIP board of directors u.... Read More

MDsave’s E-commerce Model Takes Healthcare in a New Direction

Jul 15, 2015 at 12:00 am by Staff

In the quickly evolving world of value-based healthcare, one company is taking cost transparency to the next level. Meet MDsave, a web-based company offering self-pay patients.... Read More

New Report Presents Framework to Establish Standards for Psychosocial Interventions Used to Treat Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Jul 14, 2015 at 12:39 pm by Staff

A considerable gap exists in mental health and substance abuse treatments known as psychosocial interventions between what is known to be effective and those interventions th.... Read More

Uric Acid May Lessen Women’s Disability after Stroke

Jul 13, 2015 at 06:18 pm by Staff

Uric acid – a chemical that at high levels can lead to serious illness – may lessen women’s disability after stroke, according to new research in the American Heart Associatio.... Read More

Vanderbilt Researchers Develop Potential Treatment to Fight Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus

Jul 08, 2015 at 05:00 pm by Staff

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s James Crowe, MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, and his team are reporting the first large panel of antibody treatments agai.... Read More

ACS NSQIP Study Shows Reform to Resident Physicians' Work Hours Does Not Improve Surgical Patient Safety

Jul 08, 2015 at 01:33 pm by Staff

Work hour restrictions for resident physicians, revised nationally four years ago largely to protect patients against physician trainees’ fatigue-related errors, have not had.... Read More