NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measuring both the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) when an inflammatory condition is suspected is not helpful and is possibly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A consensus statement compiled by an international panel proposes that the level of platelet reactivity during antiplatelet therapy is a better measure of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adopting a low-fat diet with a low glycemic index improves triglyceride levels and may increase insulin sensitivity in patients with impending metabolic syndrome.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aortic root dilation is uncommon in highly trained competitive athletes and is not likely to be caused by exercise training. Consequently, aortic root…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The mineral composition of kidney stones reported by commercial laboratories is often inaccurate, investigators at Indiana University, Indianapolis report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As is seen in certain other gastrointestinal illnesses, the prevalence of low-trauma fractures is higher among patients with chronic pancreatitis than in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly subjects who need to void two or more times during the night have an increased risk of sustaining a fracture and of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite numerous advances in treatment, evidence-based outpatient therapy for congestive heart failure (CHF) has not improved since 2002, researchers report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cervical cancer prevention trial conducted in South Africa shows that a single test for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection followed by cryotherapy in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite some recent contradictory findings, South Korean investigators conclude that a sodium-restricted diet is important in reducing the risk of recurrence in patients…