NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American Academy of Neurology has updated its guideline on treating essential tremor, still recommending the use of propranolol and the primidone but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing is sensitive and rapid in diagnosing the cause of acute respiratory infection in children, it does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Trabeculectomy to relieve intraocular pressure (IOP) is more likely to fail if patients subsequently undergo cataract surgery, particularly if the interval between operations…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of certain antihypertensives may worsen lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), but there are significant differences between medications and genders, researchers from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) and laparoscopic cryoablation (LCA) are viable nephron-sparing options for patients with a small tumor in a solitary kidney, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Quantitative Pneumocystis jirovecii (Pj) PCR can be a valuable diagnostic tool in immunocompromised non-HIV patients, Swiss researchers report in a September 15th on-line…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young patients who undergo surgical reconstruction of an acute anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear more than 3 months after the injury, appear to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with indolent non-Hodgkin’s B-cell lymphoma, a more intensive regimen of rituximab with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) does not prompt…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers (ARBs) appear to reduce mortality in elderly heart failure patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – BRCA2, but not BRCA1, gene mutation is associated with improved survival and response to chemotherapy in women with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, an…