NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, intravenous infusion of erythromycin about 30 minutes before endoscopy should be considered to improve diagnostic yield and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review suggests that wound-edge protection devices (WEPDs) may be useful in surgical patients, UK researchers report in a January 26th on-line paper…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) may be an effective alternative to surgery for solitary pulmonary nodules clinically diagnosed as lung cancer, researchers from Japan…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving statins before a surgery lowers the risk of heart attack in statin-naïve patients, according to a new meta-analysis. The drugs also reduced…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sodium phosphate enemas, even in standard doses, may lead to severe metabolic disorders and death in elderly patients, warn clinicians from Israel in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with proven stress urinary incontinence, tension-free vaginal tape provides lasting relief, according to results of a 10-year follow-up study conducted in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a controlled study, clinicians didn’t see any benefit to treating patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) early (as soon as mild PDA symptoms appear)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early, aggressive use of azathioprine is associated with reduced surgery rates in patients with Crohn’s disease, researchers from Hungary report in the January…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of cancer recurrence is increased slightly after laparoscopic rather than open surgical management of uterine cancer, according to study findings reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of preemptive percutaneous mitral commissurotomy (PMC) in asymptomatic patients with moderate mitral stenosis appear to outweigh the inherent risks of the…