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) – Restricting fluids excessively during major abdominal surgery, even using an individualized “goal-directed fluid strategy,” increases the risk of hypovolemia and impairs organ function…
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) – Spironolactone use is associated with improved long-term survival in patients with systolic heart failure, researchers from Japan report in the December American Heart…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with latent celiac disease — positive celiac antibodies but a normal small bowel biopsy — may be at increased risk of reproductive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to bare metal stent implantation, patients with acute myocardial infarction and failed thrombolysis who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), do no better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-eluting stents (DES) seem to be safer and more effective than bare-metal stents in saphenous vein grafts (SVG), according to a systematic review…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Band ligation of bleeding esophageal varices can be impossible when blood obscures the endoscopic view – but giving erythromycin before the procedure will…