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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An American Urological Association guideline — that heme-positive dipstick tests in asymptomatic patients be confirmed microscopically before urology referral – is often ignored,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liver enzyme elevations occur in up to a third of patients with inflammatory arthritis who take methotrexate, leflunomide, or both, a cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Not only do high-dose statins more effectively prevent first cardiovascular events compared to moderate doses, the higher doses are also better at preventing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low platelet count in the presence of hepatitis C viremia indicates the need to begin interferon-based treatment, regardless of the degree of…