medical treatment

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado has become the third state to ask the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to reclassify marijuana in way that allows doctors to prescribe it as a medical treatment....

(MedPage Today) -- Medical treatment was as effective as surgery for patients with moderate to severe isolated stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery who had fractional flow reserve of 0.80 or greater, according to results from a single-center study.

A Libyan child injured in the fighting in his home country has been flown to a London hospital for medical treatment.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Doctors have sharply cut some financial ties to drug companies, thanks to increased scrutiny about relationships that critics say improperly influence medical treatment, a survey suggests....

(Georgetown University Medical Center) To explore the rationale, value and concerns of treatments based on race and ethnicity, Georgetown University is hosting a national conference to explore the state of race-based therapeutics on October 6-8, 2010.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Aggressive, drug-resistant staph infections caught in hospitals or from medical treatment are becoming scarcer, another sign of progress in a prevention effort that has become a national public health priority....

(Society of Interventional Radiology) The Society of Interventional Radiology, with the support of 41 international societies representing 10,000 interventional radiology doctors, has issued the first global statement defining interventional radiology -- one designed to benefit medical treatment for individuals.

The statement addresses the evolution, impact and future direction of this minimally invasive specialty, emphasizing the worldwide availability of this specialized medical care.

In hospitals, practice makes perfect for overall medical care of common conditions, not just for surgery and invasive procedures, researchers affirmed.

After years of complications and high-profile setbacks, a series of small but intriguing advances has suggested that gene therapy may hold real future potential for treatment

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Declining rates of major joint surgery appear to be the result of improving medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, researchers suggested here.