Clinical

Obama budget proposal gives more power to IPAB

President Obama is proposing to cut more than $370 billion from the Medicare program over the next decade, a move aimed at reducing the federal deficit and putting the program on firmer financial footing.

The president's fiscal... »

HONOLULU – The key to differentiating transient ischemic attacks and strokes from their main mimics – including partial seizures and complicated migraine – lies in the clinical history, Dr. Susan L. Hickenbottom said at the... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Handheld ultrasound proved "vastly superior" to physical examination conducted by cardiologists for the evaluation of a variety of cardiovascular complaints in a head-to-head prospective trial.

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SAN FRANCISCO – Selected patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction fare just as well with a treatment strategy of early fibrinolysis followed by transfer to a PCI center for timely coronary angiography as they do with... »

For the third time in 10 days, a compounding pharmacy has issued a voluntary recall of its products, this time after state and federal inspections found visible particulates floating in vials of several sterile compounded... »

SAN FRANCISCO – Coronary CT angiography works better than traditional rule-out approaches for identifying emergency department patients with chest pain who are free of significant coronary disease, according to 1-year results... »

Widespread infection outbreaks pose biggest detection challenge

VIENNA, VA – Widespread foodborne infectious-disease outbreaks pose the greatest challenge for detection, according to an analysis of 101 U.S. outbreaks during 1998-2008.

Two U.S. Salmonella outbreaks took 492 days and 251 days... »