Archive: 04/04/2016
How is the quality of care in a commercial virtual visit?
Quality of care varied among commercial virtual visit companies where patients used websites to request consultations with physicians they have never met via videoconference, telephone or web chat, according to a new study ...
Apr 4, 2016
Treating myasthenia gravis with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplants
A report on seven cases of severe myasthenia gravis (an autoimmune disease characterized by severe muscle weakness) suggests that autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (when a patient's own stem cells are used) ...
Apr 4, 2016
Reasons reported by children, youth for being on the streets
Poverty was the most common reason reported by children and youth, globally, for why they were on the streets, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.
Apr 4, 2016
SAPIEN 3 improves outcomes for major endpoints at one year
Intermediate-risk patients who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement, known as TAVR, with the latest-generation valve fared better than patients receiving traditional surgical aortic valve replacement after one ...
Apr 4, 2016
Deferred stenting shows no clinical benefit
Delayed or deferred stent implantation in patients experiencing the deadliest form of heart attack—ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)—failed to reduce death from any cause, hospitalization for heart failure, ...
Apr 4, 2016