NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – US researchers have developed a clinical equation that may enhance the estimation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in children with chronic kidney disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prevalence of obstetric complications resulting in severe maternal morbidity — particularly pulmonary embolism and need for blood transfusions — increased significantly in…
By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can virtually eliminate central sleep apnea (CSA), it does not reduce sleep…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pretreatment with dacarbazine, a DNA alkylating agent, enhances vaccine-induced antitumor immunity in patients with melanoma, according to a report…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) appear to have a significantly higher risk of becoming clinically depressed than healthy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two randomized, controlled trials reported in the New England Journal of Medicine for January 22 call into question the use of corticosteroids for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in the absence of ischemic heart disease, exercise capacity is limited in people with abnormal left ventricular diastolic function, investigators report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The long-term survival of children with severe aplastic anemia who respond to immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine is “excellent, at about…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is significantly elevated in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a large case-control study of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In most cases of intra-amniotic inflammation leading to preterm birth, bacteria that are undetectable using standard cultures appear to play a causative role,…
