NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For couples undergoing fertility treatment with intrauterine insemination (IUI), pregnancy rates are similar whether single or double insemination is performed in the same…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women undergoing in vitro fertilization, hormonal support with progesterone plus estradiol supplementation during the luteal phase after embryo transfer improves pregnancy and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation or flutter to sinus rhythm using ibutilide is more successful and less likely to trigger torsades de pointes when…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Epileptic seizures in children can be terminated at home just as well with intranasal midazolam as with rectal diazepam, a comparison study shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children with type 1 diabetes being treated with an insulin pump, lowering the basal insulin rate after exercise reduces the occurrence of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appears to be no increase or decrease in mortality among arthritis patients treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents, when compared to standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention are just as good when a loading dose of clopidogrel is given in the cath lab just before…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stents coated with sirolimus (Cypher) and those coated with paclitaxel (Taxus) perform equally well for revascularization of saphenous vein grafts, investigators report. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis related to glucocorticoid use recommend bisphosphonate therapy but withdraw endorsement of testosterone and estrogen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The accuracy of dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy for detecting vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in young children with urinary tract infections is such that it…