NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nine times out of 10, patients admitted to a U.S. hospital for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are treated initially…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Incidental findings on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are seen in a significant minority of children, although most of these findings are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The novel antiarrhythmic agent vernakalant is a safe and effective agent for pharmacologic conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in hemodynamically stable patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nonintravenous midazolam (Versed) is better at ending status epilepticus than diazepam (Valium) in children and young adults, and is just as safe, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Inhaled anticholinergics may increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia in asthma patients, results of a Spanish case-control study suggest. The findings, published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Propofol may be preferable to ketamine for procedural sedation in the emergency department, researchers conclude in a study published online June 2 in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of elderly patients who come out of the hospital after pneumonia either die within a year or get readmitted for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, the best timing and duration of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is unclear. Now, a systematic review suggests…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pretreating antibiotic-resistant Helicobacter pylori with a mucolytic that destroys bacterial biofilm can eradicate infection in many cases, Italian research shows. “A standard rescue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some assisted reproduction protocols call for oral contraceptive (OC) pretreatment before ovarian stimulation, but this approach significantly reduces ongoing pregnancy rates, according to…