Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research questions prior reports of a lower prevalence of intermittent claudication in women than in men, suggesting instead that it may simply…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that as the frequency of vigorous exercise increases, so does the risk of atrial fibrillation. “Although vigorous exercise has numerous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research provides reassurance that metoclopramide, the drug of choice in many countries for controlling pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, can be safely used…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excessive weight, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension in mid-life are strongly correlated with the development of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, investigators report in an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Failure to get a full night’s sleep can lead to weight gain or compromise the beneficial effects of a reduced calorie diet on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Waist size and body mass index are independently associated with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in school-age children, according to research in the June…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Newly published research is challenging guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists stating that all women, even those who are obese,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research shows that oropharyngeal cleansing with chlorhexidine solution is no better than a control solution of potassium permanganate in preventing nosocomial pneumonia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the UK General Practice Research Database suggest that failure to prescribe antibiotics when patients present with a lower respiratory tract infection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Initiating second-line chemotherapy for ovarian cancer recurrence based on an increase in the tumor marker CA125 alone does not improve overall survival compared…
