NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who experience a traumatic event are less likely to develop chronic symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if they receive trauma-focused cognitive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Otherwise healthy older women who fracture their hip face an increased risk for dying prematurely, new research suggests. “Our study was able to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The dyspnea related to use of ticagrelor rather than clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is not associated with pulmonary function,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While magnetic resonance imaging is contraindicated for patients with most implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns, MRI can in fact be performed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than two-thirds of patients prescribed pitavastatin after an acute MI achieve target LDL cholesterol levels, and clinical outcomes are generally favorable, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A urinary tract infection may be more likely to spread to the bloodstream in patients who receive a red blood cell (RBC) transfusion,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with diabetes achieve faster control of A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol targets when they see or have contact with their primary care…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of serious falls among elderly patients taking oxybutynin or tolterodine for urinary incontinence is similar, but oxybutynin may increase the risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) do not appear to be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, Norwegian researchers report in a September…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with pure menstrual migraines without aura will experience greater symptom relief with a combined oral contraceptive (COC) regimen that includes four placebo…