NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic kidney disease not requiring hemodialysis present a dilemma when it comes to treating concomitant multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD): coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cumulative exposure to particular antiretroviral agents in patients being treated for HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of developing chronic kidney…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with metabolic syndrome and mixed dyslipidemia, treatment with fenofibric acid in combination with a statin reduces the prevalence of metabolic syndrome…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Since the advantage of adding chemotherapy to surgical resection of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer was demonstrated a few years ago, the strategy has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly men with limitations in mobility who are treated with testosterone to improve strength appear to be at increased risk of cardiovascular-related adverse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating rheumatoid arthritis aggressively in the early stages, aiming for remission, produces good outcomes that are maintained for at least a decade- this…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statins may be overused in patients without cardiovascular disease, according to a report in Archives of Internal Medicine. The researchers pooled data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The quadrivalent measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine is associated with twice as many febrile seizures as same-day vaccination with separate MMR and varicella vaccines, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two reports today in two separate journals — a meta-analysis and a large retrospective study — provide more evidence linking the thiazolidinedione rosiglitazone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients taking clopidogrel because of their high risk for cardiovascular events are more likely to have a major event if they carry the…