NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with upper-extremity spasticity due to stroke or traumatic brain injury (TBI), botulinum toxin injections are safer and more effective than oral…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extended use of individual beta-carotene, retinol, and lutein supplements, at doses higher than in multivitamins, increases lung cancer risk, according to data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A number of factors, including gender and favorite head position, influence the severity of deformational plagiocephaly in infants, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endometrial cancer is associated with an elevated risk of colorectal cancer, but not breast cancer, according to study results in the April issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In most infants who undergo fluoroscopy guided lumbar puncture (LP), the procedure will introduce red blood cells into the cerebrospinal fluid, which can…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aggressive reduction of cholesterol levels and normalization of high blood pressure is necessary to attenuate the progression of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a small phase II trial suggest that stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), which involves a higher dose but shorter course than…
Casey Kerrigan, MD, MS, Department Chair, Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Virginia Health System, discusses osteoarthritis in the tibiofemoral joint and knee varus torque, which…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Assuming a woman does not prefer a uterus-conserving procedure, hysterectomy is more cost-effective than myomectomy or uterine artery embolization (UAE) for treating symptomatic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of aspirin as a cardioprotective agent significantly reduces recurrence among patients being treated for high-grade, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, the results of…
