NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) does not benefit patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, according to results of a phase III trial. In the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although promethazine and metoclopramide have similar antiemetic effects in hyperemesis gravidarum, metoclopramide has fewer side effects, according to a study published online April…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The nonselective beta-blocker carvedilol and the beta-1-selective beta-blockers metoprolol succinate and bisoprolol have significantly different treatment effects in patients with chronic heart failure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel reloading does not benefit patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who are already on chronic clopidogrel therapy, Italian researchers reported online April…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anemia increases the risk of bleeding and death after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a new study shows.…
Get a real-life look at what’s happening on the ground in Haiti from Dr. Pierre Rouzier, Sports Medicine doctor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the aftermath of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intra-arterial fibrinolysis improves outcomes after acute ischemic stroke, a meta-analysis confirms — and although the treatment increases the risk of hemorrhage, that doesn’t…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Urinary dipstick and microscopy testing are not good at finding urinary tract infection when pain is not one of the symptoms, UK researchers…
Get a real-life look at what’s happening on the ground in Haiti from Dr. Pierre Rouzier, Sports Medicine doctor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. In the aftermath of…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In older patients on warfarin therapy, treatment with cotrimoxazole significantly raises the risk of upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage, new research shows. The increased hemorrhage…