NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with macroprolactinemia don’t need extensive exams or prolonged monitoring, according to a prospective study. As long as their monomeric prolactin concentration is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single yearly oral dose of 500,000 international units of cholecalciferol (vitamin D) does not protect generally healthy older women from falls and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mounting evidence suggests that preoperative prostate specific antigen (PSA) kinetics are a poor marker of disease progression. During active surveillance for low-risk, low-volume…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When colonoscopy is scheduled for the afternoon, drinking the electrolyte solution in the morning is clinically equivalent to drinking half of it the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy (LI-ESWT) can improve erectile function, according to a pilot study from Israel. Twice a week for 3 weeks, 20…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravesical botulinum toxin improves overactive bladder symptoms, but with a significant risk of urinary retention, according to a meta-analysis reported April 19th in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A nursing intervention in a surgical ward reduced postoperative pneumonia rates – admittedly low to start with — by 77% over an 18-month…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) For surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence, tension-free midurethral tapes should be “the first option of treatment,” according to the lead author of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Some men having coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) especially smokers — should also be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), even if they’re…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Heart failure patients who see a physician within a week after hospital discharge are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, according to…