Healthcare Review

Fairfax, Va. – Proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer, according to two new studies published in the January issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology-Biology-Physics (Red Journal), the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s (ASTRO) official scientific journal.
In the first study, researchers at [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC – Patients taking warfarin, a blood thinner widely prescribed to prevent blood clots from forming, who suffer minor head injury and have a negative CT scan should have another CT scan after 24 hours, according to the results of an Italian study published online Friday in Annals of Emergency Medicine (“Management of Minor [...]

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