NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin D deficiency is “rampant” among children with chronic kidney disease, and the prevalence of severe deficiency has increased over the last two…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consuming seven glasses or more of wine each week may reduce the risk of developing Barrett’s esophagus, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although it is safe, low-dose vitamin K used to treat warfarin recipients with high INRs (international normalized ratios) does not reduce episodes of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New evidence indicates that elevated serum levels of ionized calcium may predict the risk of death from prostate cancer. If verified in future…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase I trial involving patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN), direct intratumoral injection of epithelial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody adalimumab may arrest bone loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to study results reported in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The placement of a permanent pacemaker for dual-chamber pacing had no effect on the frequency of falls among older patients with a history…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rectal cancer whose disease is downstaged with neoadjuvant radiation therapy have better survival than their peers who fail to respond to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing blood pressure with the drug combination perindopril-indapamide reduces renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes, even when the initial blood pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a small trial suggest that vitamin B12 is a safe, effective, and inexpensive treatment for recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). “The…
