NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Balloon angioplasty, drug-eluting stents, and bare metal stents appear to be equally effective at reducing death or myocardial infarction (MI) over a year’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-power laser vaporization is a safe and effective alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia, results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB), adding a later-generation fluoroquinolone to the treatment regimen may improve outcomes, even when drug-susceptibility testing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with relapsing mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (UC) on immunosuppressive therapy may benefit from the addition of a high-potency probiotic mixture (VSL#3; VSL Pharmaceuticals…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When used to prevent postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) following cesarean section, a single dose of carbetocin (Duratocin, Pabal) is less likely than oxytocin (Sintocinon)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The extent to which doxycycline slows the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) is not the same in neutrally aligned (non-varus) and malaligned (varus,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is being increasingly challenged as the gold standard. Two randomized controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single intravenous (IV) infusion of iron polymaltose added to a standard regimen of oral iron sulfate to treat iron-deficiency anemia in pregnancy…
The Doctor’s Channel covered SHM 2010 in Washington, D.C., the annual meeting for the Society of Hospital Medicine. At SHM 2010, those associated with hospital medicine collaborate with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A quantitative immunochemical fecal occult blood test (FOBT) is superior to the standard guaiac-based FOBT for detecting advanced colorectal neoplasms and cancer, say…