NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women may safely receive mefloquine for malaria prophylaxis, researchers from Switzerland report in the April 10th online Clinical Infectious Diseases. “Women who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving adolescent mothers postpartum contraceptive implants is an effective curb on further pregnancies within a year, researchers report in an April 18th on-line…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Confirming recommendations, titrating beta-blocker dosage in ambulatory patients with heart failure up to an equivalent of 50 mg/d carvedilol reduces all-cause deaths and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Metformin appears to lower the risk of developing liver cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the results of a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The decline in cognitive function in children with Prader-Willi syndrome can be stabilized with ongoing growth-hormone (GH) therapy, a Dutch team reports in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nutritional support, mainly in the form of oral nutritional supplements, boosts protein and energy intake, body weight and grip strength in malnourished patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In African Americans with moderate-to-severe asthma, treatment for a year with an inhaled combination of budesonide and formoterol is safe and reduces asthma…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The neonate with suspected sepsis presents several challenges for clinicians, which are addressed in a newly published Clinical Report from the American Academy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When it comes to accuracy, there is little difference between mercury and aneroid blood pressure measurements in pediatric patients, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A randomized, multicenter trial has confirmed that myofascial physical therapy is an effective treatment for women with newly symptomatic interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome…