Congenital heart disease may have the same name in adult and pediatric care but the two conditions can often require vastly different approaches in care. Despite that work in the field is being done to help patients of all age maintain a high quality of life.
A lot has been done to bolster the treatment of congenital heart disease and managing the risks of this patient population. Because of that these patients are able to live a longer and fuller life including pregnancy and childbirth like other people.
Even the most severe cases of congenital heart disease can be treated to a level where they can safely navigate high risk pregnancies.
What should physicians tell patients who are worried about lead in their drinking water? Filtering that water is an easy first step, and there are others.
Children and teens admitted to the hospital with pneumonia had a shorter length of stay with ibuprofen treatment than with acetaminophen, a Bronx team reported.
Patients with the hereditary degenerative eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) may delay their loss of daytime vision by taking a traditional Chinese plant remedy Lycium barbarum also known as goji berry or wolfberry.
The field of obstetrics and gynecology is constantly moving forward including new treatments for conditions like fibroids as well as work on new surgical treatments like uterine transplants. All these changes can present a wide range of challenges for health care professionals who work in this area of medicine.
As fibroids become a more common problem facing doctors and patients new treatment methods are being developed to address it. From new medications to various procedures these can allow patients to get the care they needed without affecting their quality of life as much as previous choices may have.
Overdoses of acetaminophen can cause liver failure. In promising animal studies, a Bronx team believes it has a potential way to mediate that toxicity.
Nurse practitioners with three hours training were better than specialists or primary care providers at getting HCV patients to complete their DAA regimens, Washington, DC area researchers found.
In patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, fat tissue insulin resistance can stimulate the activation of hepatic macrophages, due to an increased flux of free fatty acids. That results in liver damage, Italian researchers report.
Smuggled here as a boy, Harold Fernandez, MD, overcame his illegal status and went on to become a prominent surgeon.
Hopes that losmapimod would benefit patients after a STEMI heart attack were not borne out by a study reported today at the American College of Cardiology's meeting in Chicago, IL.
Treating atrial fibrillation by ablation is equally effective whether done by freezing or burning small parts of the heart.
A newer version of a valve system used in transcatheter aortic valve replacement has proved superior to surgery in elderly patients. The study was released a day after a report on the older device showed it was as good as surgery.
Trans Aortic Valve Replacement, a less invasive procedure than open heart surgery, offers about the same benefits but slightly different risks, researchers reported today.
Treating neurological conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's Disease can be a delicate process. The Montefiore Health Network has developed a special center to help treat these patients and help the people who take care of them.
It has been more than 5 years since New York State mandated that HIV tests be offered to patients between the ages of 13 and 64 be offered HIV tests in hospital emergency settings. Despite this offer many are refusing to be tested for a variety of reasons.
Despite corrective surgery known as the Fontan procedure, children who need that procedure have ongoing deficits.
A common house mouse turned out to be the culprit in an outbreak of viral meningitis in Minnesota.
While treating a veteran with post traumatic stress disorder is important, it is also proving to be equally as important to ensure that their friends and loved ones are being taken care of as well. When everything comes together the results have proven to be beyond the expectations of those involved in the overall treatment process.
Canadian researchers found that a small percentage of MS patients tested positive for Lyme disease.
Reports of three hospitalized infants who experienced "serious adverse events" because they got improperly compounded "super potent" morphine led to a product recall by Indiana drug company Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals. It was the second such incident involving over-sedated babies and Pharmakon products in two years, the FDA said.
A porn actor infected with HIV put 17 sex partners in four countries at risk and infected at least two of them, CDC investigators report. The agency called on federal OSHA officials to enact worker protection rules for sex-film workers, including use of pre-exposure prophylactic drugs.
Mattel has announced a new plus-sized Barbie line. What does that say about attitudes toward obesity? Psychologists weigh in.
Despite what trial lawyers often allege, most cases of brain-injured newborns is not due to mismanaged deliveries, Chicago study finds.
Patients with atrial fibrillation do significantly better when catheter ablation is done quickly, Cleveland Clinic researchers found.
Just in time for the legalization of medical marijuana to take effect in New York, one cannabis distributor has gotten Kosher status for its products.
A much-beloved elephant artist in Oregon recovered from tuberculosis, but not before the microbe spread to human contacts and other pachyderms at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. THe CDC calls for better surveillance.
The bad-boy pharma executive Martin Shkreli has been arrested—not for raising the prices of rare disease drugs like Daraprim—but for allegations he defrauded investors at another pharma company, Retrophin, Inc.