NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The extent to which doxycycline slows the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is not the same in neutrally aligned (non-varus) and malaligned (varus,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is being increasingly challenged as the gold standard. Two randomized controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single intravenous (IV) infusion of iron polymaltose added to a standard regimen of oral iron sulfate to treat iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A quantitative immunochemical fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is superior to the standard guaiac-based FOBT for detecting advanced colorectal neoplasms and cancer, say…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Gary Small, MD, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, UCLA, discusses the upside and downside of technology to our brain and overall health. Reading: Straker L, Pollock C, Maslen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can help differentiate spondyloarthritis from nonspecific back pain, investigators report in the May 23rd online issue of Arthritis &…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitalized cirrhotics are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) up until age 45 but not afterward, a new study suggests. Patients hospitalized…
Andrew Charles, MD, Professor, Director of Headache Research and Treatment Program, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, discusses migraine and what to tell your patients. This is a…