NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women with asthma are at increased risk of having babies of low birth weight and of premature deliveries, which largely accounts for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on preliminary results in two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, intraarticular delivery of a gene encoding a cytokine blocker substantially reduces joint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As HbA1c levels rise, cognitive function falls in patients with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While qualitative immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) may offer advantages over traditional guaiac-based FOBTs for colorectal cancer screening, there are large differences…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for intermittent claudication, endovascular revascularization and supervised exercise training provide similar improvements in symptoms, function, and quality of life, although these…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that adherence with daily controller medications among children with asthma can be enhanced with school-based supervised asthma therapy. As reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infant mortality attributed to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed has quadrupled over the last two decades, investigators at the US Centers for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One reason that African Americans have high rates of renal failure is that earlier, treatable stages of kidney disease are not being recognized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carefully selected kidney donors can expect to live just as long as people in the general population and experience no significant drop in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that on rare occasions the medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may induce hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms. As reported…
