NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among relatively healthy patients on hemodialysis, normalization of hemoglobin levels with epoetin-alfa, rather than partial correction, improves energy levels and reduces fatigue, investigators…
ORLANDO (Reuters Health) – In patients with coronary artery disease and an ejection fraction of 35% or less, surgical reduction of the enlarged left ventricle along with coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as “broken heart syndrome”, has an excellent long-term prognosis and nearly all patients have full recovery of left ventricular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of a high cut-off dialyzer can help patients with acute renal failure secondary to multiple myeloma become dialysis free, the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consolidation therapy with low-dose thalidomide and prednisolone can improve survival in patients with multiple myeloma who have undergone autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT), according…
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) – In a study of critically ill adults, use of chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated sponges for dressings significantly reduced the risk of catheter-related infections compared with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4, adding nitazoxanide to peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin improves the virologic response rates, new research shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A body mass index that falls outside the normal range is associated with an increased risk of bleeding and death after percutaneous coronary…
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),…