NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Epileptic seizures in children can be terminated at home just as well with intranasal midazolam as with rectal diazepam, a comparison study shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children with type 1 diabetes being treated with an insulin pump, lowering the basal insulin rate after exercise reduces the occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appears to be no increase or decrease in mortality among arthritis patients treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents, when compared to standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention are just as good when a loading dose of clopidogrel is given in the cath lab just before…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stents coated with sirolimus (Cypher) and those coated with paclitaxel (Taxus) perform equally well for revascularization of saphenous vein grafts, investigators report. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis related to glucocorticoid use recommend bisphosphonate therapy but withdraw endorsement of testosterone and estrogen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients hospitalized for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, treatment with linezolid is as effective as “gold standard” treatment with vancomycin. In fact, length…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The safety and efficacy of intensive statin therapy initiated soon after a first MI are maintained at 5 years, Scandinavian investigators report. They…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transureteral lithotripsy seems to deal with distal ureteral calculi in young children more effectively than shockwave lithotripsy, as long as appropriate instruments and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical biopsies guided by colposcopy are accurate in confirming suspected cases of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), but the negative predictive value is…