NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Initiating mediastinal nodal staging of suspected lung cancer with endosonography, followed by surgical staging (mediastinoscopy) if needed, improves the detection of metastases and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appear to be several problems with the current clinical staging criteria for localized prostate cancer, according to a study published online today…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) bothered by nocturnal polyuria, a low dose of desmopressin at bedtime can help, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In high-risk post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, a J- or U-shaped association exists between blood pressure and the risk of future cardiovascular events,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In 2009, people given the seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine were at higher risk of infection with the pandemic H1N1 strain than those given…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are less pronounced for typical “real-world” patients — particularly those with right bundle-branch block — than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cure rates are similar when patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia are treated with ceftaroline or ceftriaxone — but ceftaroline may have the edge,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The off-label use of recombinant factor VIIa for hemostasis in patients without hemophilia confers only modest benefits but may increase the risk of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Family history, age, cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and conditions such as diabetes remain the mainstay of assessing the risk of cardiovascular disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An “evolving concept” in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is to use biologic agents to obviate long-term treatment with steroids, according to…
