NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mild and moderate sequelae of Bell’s palsy at 12 months are reduced when prednisolone is given within 72 hours of symptom onset, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two Spanish studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association report on long-term outcomes of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin use before a stroke and during hospitalization is associated with a greater likelihood of being discharged home, while statin therapy withdrawal in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Once-daily mesalamine, at a dose of 2.4 g, offers maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis similar to that provided by twice-daily mesalamine at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A long-term dietary intervention with grape resveratrol supplements improves the inflammatory and fibrinolytic status of patients at high risk of cardiovascular (CVD) disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Individuals infected with HIV face an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to findings published in the May 22nd Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – On May 8, a panel of advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously voted against rilonacept (Arcalyst, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) for use…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tubes do more harm than good in nursing home residents with advanced cognitive impairment, a propensity-matched cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Regardless of dosage, frequency or route of administration, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is more efficacious in raising serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentrations than vitamin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All-cause mortality rates among hypertensive patients treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor are 10% lower than in those whose treatment does not include…