NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with HIV who are not started on highly activate antiretroviral therapy (HAART) until their CD4+ cell count dips below 200 cells/mm³ may…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High intake of saturated and trans fats along with low intake of polyunsaturated fats is associated with cognitive decline in women with type…
Physicians should treat smoking as a chronic disease if they want to help their patients quit successfully. Patients may require repeated or intensive interventions that include pharmacotherapy and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with standard therapy with a nicotine patch, combination therapy with a patch, a nicotine oral inhaler, and bupropion for as long as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A patient-centered program of telephone support, close monitoring and tight control of modifiable risk factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Annual ovarian cancer screening with transvaginal ultrasonography and CA 125 usually misses early-stage disease while it often results in unneeded surgeries, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Weekly weight measurements can accurately predict which preterm infants are likely to develop proliferative retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) requiring treatment, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly a third of US adults have high or borderline high triglyceride levels, yet very few are being treated for the condition, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher plasma glucose levels are associated with worse outcomes in women with ovarian carcinoma, according to a report in the March 1st Cancer.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endometrial cancer is associated with an elevated risk of colorectal cancer, but not breast cancer, according to study results in the April issue…