NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – African Americans are less likely to develop atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery than European Americans, a new study confirms. African Americans “characteristically come to CABG with more severe coronary disease and more comorbidity...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When performed at centers of excellence, robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has “an acceptably low” complication rate that mirrors that of open partial nephrectomy and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), a new study shows. However, in a paper in the Journal of Urology...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Metformin beginning at the age of 8 years in girls at risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is more effective than a later start, Spanish researchers report in a June 1st on-line paper in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. As Dr. Lourdes Ibanez told...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After six monthly intraocular injections of ranibizumab (Lucentis; Genentech) for macular edema, the benefits are maintained for another 6 months when ranibizumab is administered on an as-needed basis, a multicenter study indicates. The 12-month outcomes of the BRAVO trial are...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When oral administration of midazolam is problematic for sedating children undergoing laceration repair, intranasal or buccal delivery via aerosol is a useful alternative, according to a report in the Annals of Emergency Medicine online June 21. Dr. Eileen J. Klein and...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Retinal videos are just as effective as standard still retinal images for detecting diabetic retinopathy, according to results of a comparative study of the two techniques. In the journal Ophthalmology, the investigators say retinal video recording is a “novel alternative...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a singleton pregnancy and a prior preterm birth can be safely monitored with transvaginal ultrasound cervical length screening as opposed to routine history-indicated cerclage, a meta-analytic review of randomized trials indicates. Cerclage can be reserved for the...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is a better predictor of renal and cardiovascular events than office BP measurement in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not yet on dialysis, according to results of a study. Measuring BP in the office was not helpful in this...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with unprotected left main disease and right coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) face an increased risk of mortality, researchers from Italy report in the July 5th Journal of the American College of...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Besides preventing HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), triple antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy improves pregnancy outcomes, according to findings published in the June 6th online AIDS. “All HIV infected women should receive triple antiretrovirals in...