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) – Outpatient infusions of ketamine can significantly improve the severe pain of complex regional pain syndrome, a chronic problem after trauma, a small study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly all patients have complications from chemoradiation for head and neck cancer, a study in the Archives of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Interactions between clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors (PPI) appear to have only a small effect, if any, in older patients, report researchers from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have wide-ranging benefits and a good safety profile, published studies…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Many common medications – including some antidepressants and antihypertensives – can interfere with a test that distinguishes Cushing’s syndrome from pseudo-Cushing’s syndrome, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extremely few stroke patients have unsuspected coagulopathies that would prevent thrombolysis — a finding that supports the practice of starting the treatment without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A lower than normal hematocrit level before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and a drop in hematocrit after PCI are “strongly associated” with long-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intra-articular corticosteroids are a good early treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain, according to a meta-analysis by Boston-based researchers. However, hyaluronic acid injected into…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In recent-onset active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), regular medication adjustments based on disease-activity scores (DAS) improves clinical outcomes and possibly radiological outcomes as well,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with angina and multivessel coronary artery disease face poor long-term outcomes with medical management, according to a report in the December issue…
