NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stents coated with sirolimus (Cypher) and those coated with paclitaxel (Taxus) perform equally well for revascularization of saphenous vein grafts, investigators report. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical biopsies guided by colposcopy are accurate in confirming suspected cases of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), but the negative predictive value is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A lower INR for low-risk anticoagulated patients with mechanical aortic valve replacement reduces the risk of bleeding without increasing the rate of thromboembolic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By spotting pregnant women at risk for preeclampsia and starting them on low-dose aspirin before 16 weeks’ gestation, physicians can more than halve…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rhinoconjunctivitis due to tree pollen allergy suffer fewer symptoms after 18 months’ treatment with a depigmented-polymerized pollen extract, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prospective study results suggest that saquinavir is the only older protease inhibitor (PI) not associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polypropylene mesh placement during vaginal reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse appears to do more harm than good, according to a small randomized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Decreases in hemoglobin after transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are minor in most patients, researchers from Quebec Heart-Lung Institute report in the July…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiologists should perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as soon as possible if initial treatment for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is thrombolysis, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Disinfectant use and other simple interventions are helpful in combating Clostridium difficile, a major infectious cause of healthcare-associated diarrhea, researchers report in a…