A new analysis from the Northern Manhattan Study suggests that insulin resistance in nondiabetics is associated with an increase risk for stroke, independent of blood pressure or obesity. Medscape Medical News
Breast cancer should not be treated in isolation, and oncologists should pay attention to noncancer-related medical conditions, particularly in older patients, say experts. Medscape Medical News
Two large, observational studies have found that patients who received aprotinin while undergoing cardiac surgery had higher mortality rates. Medscape Medical News
