NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While first-void urine specimens have been used traditionally to test for Chlamydia trachomatis, newer DNA detection methods produce reliable results using midstream specimens,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three years of weekly treatment with a sustained-release formulation of growth hormone is as safe and effective as standard daily growth hormone (GH)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fosfomycin/tobramycin for inhalation (FTI) is effective in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) airway infection and reduced lung function, a double-blind,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective study found that children diagnosed with biliary atresia had elevated direct or conjugated bilirubin levels soon after they were born, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with sore throat, signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, either alone or in combination, cannot be used to definitively diagnose or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children having surgery, isotonic parenteral maintenance fluids (PMS) are safer than hypotonic PMS in guarding against postoperative hyponatremia, with six the number…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases at teaching hospitals in July have higher mortality and complication rates than similar patients treated in other…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature infants of < 34 weeks’ gestation on respiratory support should not be treated with inhaled nitric oxide, according to a new consensus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dabigatran (Pradaxa, Boehringer Ingelheim) is as effective as warfarin in preventing stroke and systemic embolism after cardioversion in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation,…
Doctors often prescribe unfractionated heparin to obese patients with venous thromboembolism below the recommended doses based on body weight, according to a new study. As a result, some…