NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pain associated with diabetic neuropathy is improved to a similar degree with daily amitriptyline or duloxetine, according to the results of a cross-over…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) may benefit from an intensive treatment involving trigger point release and cognitive behavioral therapy, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As well as improving HbA1c, continuous glucose monitoring reduces the time spent in hypoglycemia for children and adults with type 1 diabetes on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The vasodilatory effect of inhaled nitric oxide does nothing to ease the severity of vaso-occlusive crises in patients with sickle cell disease. That…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses salivary cortisol testing which is increasingly being used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with hypothalamic pituitary…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand cardiovascular disease. Cortisol has effects in causing disease over the long-term. It lowers growth hormone levels, increases…
Lena Edwards, MD, internist, Balance Health & Wellness Center, discusses stressand mental health. Seventy five to 90% of patients seek primary care for stress-related conditions. By 2020, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Finasteride reduces clinical progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) over the long term in men with prostate volumes of 30 mL or greater,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with chronic rhinosinusitis accompanied by nasal polyps, treatment first with oral steroids followed by topical steroids is more effective than just…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rifaximin improves driving simulator performance in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy, researchers report in the February issue of Gastroenterology. “The study…