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By John D. Cacciamani, Jr., MD, MBA I find that my physician colleagues, many of whom are busy with everyday caring for their patients, need ...

By Dr. Mark Adelman While diseases like prostate cancer and heart disease have become household concerns, abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), the 10th leading cause of ...

By Viki Kind, MA CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation used to be very simple to understand. Cardio stands for heart, pulmonary stands for lungs and resuscitation ...

By Qaisar A. Shah, MD When a patient presents with loss of sensation, poor motor coordination, speech deficits, balance problems or impaired cognitive function, physicians ...

By Allison Fero Kaiser Health News One of the groups most affected by the changes in the new health law are medical school students. When ...

By Daniel A. Ringold, MD Endoscopic ultrasonography, or EUS, provides an important bridge between a suspected diagnosis and appropriate therapy. The procedure uses a thin, ...

By Carolyn R. Kaplan, M.D. Cancer Therapy and Women’s Fertility Each year, cancer is estimated to occur in 113 per 100,000 women under age 50 ...

By Robert A. Watson, III, M.D. Abington Memorial Hospital’s Comprehensive Heart Failure Program provides a full spectrum of care for individuals with heart failure. Working ...

By Jacqueline K. Genova, MD When a child is having sleep-related difficulties, it’s highly stressful for the whole family. Yet parents might not think of ...

By Joseph Lombardi, M.D. You probably remember the tragic death of actor John Ritter in 2003. Recently, his family partnered with the Thoracic Aortic Disease ...