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Less pain during hysterosalpingography with warm contrast medium

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Warming contrast medium from room temperature to body temperature reduces pain experienced during hysterosalpingography and the occurrence of vasovagal episodes, according to the results of a prospective randomized trial conducted in China. “Compared with the warm medium,...

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Outcomes similar with different low-osmolar iodinated contrast agents

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing invasive coronary angiography or PCI with the use of low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM), adverse outcomes are uncommon with no advantage apparent between different agents. That finding comes from a retrospective examination of data on over 100,000...

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Excellent quality-of-life outcomes after proton therapy for prostate cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men 60 years old and younger have excellent quality-of-life outcomes after proton therapy for prostate cancer, according to findings published in the January 17th online issue of Cancer. Proton therapy is a highly conformal radiotherapy that delivers much less radiation dose to...