A 49-year-old Caucasian female with a medical history of bronchial asthma presented in 2005 with third-degree heart block. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed mild left ventricular (LV)... Read More
Dr Herman Hellerstein grew up in the mining town of Dillonvale, Ohio, where he witnessed firsthand the effects of poverty and poor working conditions on people. He attended medical school at Western... Read More
Background The term “thrombophilia” derives from the Greek words thrombos and philia, and translates as “clot loving.” Patients with thrombophilia have a higher risk of incident and... Read More
Long-term home oxygen therapy reduces mortality and improves quality of life for hypoxemic patients with respiratory disease. Four randomized controlled trials have helped establish the indications... Read More
Prevalence of pain, particularly severe disabling pain, is greater in the older adult population than in the general population.[1,2] Research suggests that pain-related disability may be due to a... Read More