NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) are best treated with an antidepressant for at least 12 months, according to a study published in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There’s no need for people to stop taking aspirin before an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT) because it won’t hamper the performance…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute migraine who find sumatriptan ineffective may have a better response to rizatriptan, according to a study reported in Cephalalgia online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women of normal weight or moderate overweight who develop gestational diabetes late in pregnancy, treatment with metformin may be a suitable alternative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV patients whose regimen includes efavirenz and who experience CNS side effects such as insomnia and nervousness may benefit from a switch to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hydroxychloroquine may reduce the heightened risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Use of hydroxychloroquine to treat rheumatoid arthritis is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The mineralocorticoid receptor blocker eplerenone has advantages over spironolactone in the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF), a Japanese team reports. In particular,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While elevated levels of anticardiolipin antibodies are associated with preeclampsia, measuring levels of anticardiolipin antibodies cannot be used to predict risk of preeclampsia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to growing concerns, the incidence of coronary artery aneurysms after implantation of drug-eluting stents is low, and when an aneurysm does occur…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the short term, cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is as effective as radiofrequency catheter ablation, but 6-month recurrence rates are…