NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes who have fairly high cholesterol levels despite simvastatin treatment do better with the addition of ezetimibe, Italian investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early, prehospital administration of nebulized 5% saline to infants with acute bronchiolitis reduces illness severity significantly without undue side effects, according to the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) type 1 who have a slow response to pegylated interferon-alfa and ribavirin can benefit from continuing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The dose of misoprostol given after mifepristone for termination of early pregnancy should stay at the recommended dose rather than be lowered, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV-positive patients taking efavirenz are at risk for clinically significant vitamin D deficiency, and for excessive bone turnover if they are taking tenofovir,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Episodes of dyspnea are more common in patients treated with the antiplatelet agent than in those taking clopidogrel, although the clinical importance of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing obesity-related cancer such as breast cancer or prostate cancer is apparently not curtailed in patients who undergo bariatric surgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Independent of the usual markers of glycemic control, the amplitude of daily glucose excursions is associated with cognitive function in elderly patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic kidney disease not requiring hemodialysis present a dilemma when it comes to treating concomitant multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD): coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cumulative exposure to particular antiretroviral agents in patients being treated for HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of developing chronic kidney…