NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients requiring chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) treatment develop fewer gastric or duodenal ulcers if they take ibuprofen with high-dose famotidine in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the nonsurgical management of first-trimester miscarriage, delayed medical treatment (i.e., monitoring for expulsion followed, if needed, by mifepristone and/or misoprostol) “may not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In methamphetamine-dependent adults, treatment with the anticonvulsant topiramate (Topamax; Ortho-McNeil Neurologics) does little to promote abstinence, but it seems to help those on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the CYP2C19 genotype is associated with platelet response to clopidogrel, that does not equate with any meaningful effect on clinical outcomes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In populations with low prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection, the majority of positive results on the tuberculin skin test (TST) and the newer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cirrhosis and hepatitis are associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with diabetes, and hepatitis C is of particular importance,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – To combat psoriasis, a combination of topical therapies seems to work better than topical monotherapy, according to results of a systematic review and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Treatment for up to 24 months with fesoterodine (Toviaz; Pfizer Inc) may yield sustained improvement in bladder problems and health-related quality of life in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About 1 in 7 patients 60 years of age or older with heart failure undergoing intensive medical therapy have hyperkalemia, and one risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lowering blood pressure in patients with prehypertensive blood pressure significantly reduces the risk of stroke, according the results of a meta-analysis reported in…
