Austin Medical Times

By Shelly Millwee Director of Communications AHA [clear] More than one in three adults has some form of cardiovascular disease. The good news is 80 percent of heart disease and stroke ...

A little over two weeks after surgery, U.S. Air Force Veteran Ronald Chustz, the 50th liver transplant patient at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, poses with (from ...

A vast majority of children with the flu have illness that can be managed at home, said a pediatric emergency medicine physician from Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu). ...

By: Katie McQueen, MD La Hacienda [clear] Prescription drug misuse and dependence is on the rise.  In  the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control, drug overdoses ...

By Michael Groat Ph.D. Menninger Clinic [clear] The challenge of providing ethical, compassionate, and patient-centered care can be strenuous. High patient volume, continuous patient contact, complex medical needs, decreased ...

What’s the primary difference between electronic cigarettes – a relatively new invention that first surfaced commercially in 2004 – and their age-old, combustible predecessors? So-called “e-cigs” don’t contain tobacco. Instead, an ...

UT MD Anderson experts launch cancer prevention nutrition challenge  Adults with a New Year resolution to eat healthier foods that can potentially lower cancer risks are invited to participate in ...