NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 2 diabetes, glycemic control is better and weight loss is sustained up to 84 weeks with exenatide once weekly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Malnourished adults aged 60 and older who started an energy- and protein-enriched nutritional plan plus calcium and vitamin D supplements following hospital discharge…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 to hospitalized children is unlikely to protect them from nosocomial diarrhea, including rotavirus infection, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Increases in fasting blood sugar levels are often seen in patients starting niacin, sometimes to a level that suggests new onset of type…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Avanafil, another phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, improves sexual function in men with erectile dysfunction, according to a report in the January 16th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review suggests that wound-edge protection devices (WEPDs) may be useful in surgical patients, UK researchers report in a January 26th on-line paper…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Birth defects are uncommon in offspring of women exposed to leflunomide before conception or in the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite widespread use of antipsychotics in children, evidence regarding the comparative benefits and harms of first-generation (FGAs) and second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are “limited,”…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Systematic collection of extensive family history can improve the risk assessment of cardiovascular disease in primary care, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transfusions appear to be associated with an increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates, researchers from Canada report in the February 20th online…