Charles Hennekens, MD, talks about his study, "Statins and Diabetes: Current Perspectives and Implications for Clinicians," and whether statins are safe for patients with diabetes and other metabolic...
Camillo Ricordi, MD, discusses different versions of a a bioengineered “mini organ” for islet transplantation that that mimics the native pancreas and could eliminate the need for insulin therapy for type 1...
Marylyn Ritchie, PhD, Senior Investigator and Founding Director of the Biomedical and Translational Informatics Program, discusses whether genetic factors affect responses to medication and diet changes,...
Michael Banks, MD, discusses a recent study in which African-Americans ages 30- to 40-years-old presented with higher levels of antibodies to the H1N1 virus than Caucasians of the same age.
Edmond J. LaVoie, PhD, discusses a new antibiotic that specifically targets variants of the MRSA bacteria, and should be able to circumvent the problem of antibiotic resistance in certain bacterial...
In this month’s Pediatrics Top Paper, Dr Jessica Tomaszewski writes about a new review of HPV prevalence data in the United States that compares the pre-vaccine era to the post-vaccine era.
Vincent Pedre, MD, discusses 3 types of viral infections that physicians may be inclined to treat with antibiotics, growing concerns of antibiotic resistance, and alternative therapiesfor treating these...