NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with pneumonia and blood oxygen saturation less than 90% are usually hospitalized. Yet, results of new study suggest that the threshold for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The authors of a systematic review and meta-analysis of relevant studies encourage clinicians to exercise good judgment in using the injectable antibiotic tigecycline…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic stable heart failure (HF) due to nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, a year’s treatment with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anticoagulation with low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) dalteparin following heart valve surgery leads to fewer adverse events than does unfractionated heparin, Canadian researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Alpha-blockers and antibiotics relieve symptoms of chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) better than other therapies, according to a network meta-analysis in the…
Rosuvastatin should be considered for HIV-positive people with dyslipidemia — and guidelines should be updated to reflect that, suggests a new study. Although guidelines from the Infectious Diseases…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation, strict heart rate control provides no advantage over more lenient control, according to a focused update of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tinidazole is no more effective than metronidazole in bacterial vaginosis. New treatments are still needed, researchers report in an on-line paper in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pregnant women and pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should be treated with biological therapy to induce and maintain remission, according to…
