NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The selective sinoatrial I-f current inhibitor ivabradine lowers heart rate in patients with stable coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular systolic function…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An interval of no more than 14 days between ultrasonograms in monochorionic twins appears to increase detection of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of uncomplicated skin abscesses, the efficacy of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration is not on par with incision and drainage – it doesn’t…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Noninvasive measurements of hemoglobin levels using the Masimo hemoglobin meter are “systematically” underestimated and are not reliable enough to guide decisions about the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Warfarin dosing based on genotype-stratified tables is more accurate than empiric dosing, but not as good as estimates derived from formal pharmacogenetic algorithms,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have increased levels of LDL-cholesterol and non-HDL-cholesterol, as well as more widely recognized alterations in triglycerides and HDL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A high loading dose of clopidogrel — 600 mg — appears to be unnecessary in Asian patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stroke events are significantly less likely after carotid endarterectomy than after carotid artery stenting, particularly in the long term and among older patients,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Neither injectable nor oral contraceptives have a meaningful effect on glucose or insulin levels, researchers report in the January 2011 Obstetrics & Gynecology.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The clinical efficacy of rituximab in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) depends on the degree of B cell depletion rather than the dose of rituximab,…
