Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women undergoing labor induction, the rate of vaginal delivery within 24 hours is higher when a double-balloon transcervical catheter rather than a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients undergoing a transrectal prostate biopsy, a pelvic plexus block (PPB) is more effective than a periprostatic nerve block for controlling pain,…
Most weight loss programs are rather intensive during the initial weeks of treatment. They can also be costly and require a huge time commitment. An alternative treatment is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a Korean study of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer who had never smoked and were previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, progression-free…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After 20 weeks of use, laropiprant continues to reduce flushing related to niacin treatment for a further 12 weeks, according to a study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with sterile urine before undergoing shock wave lithotripsy can forgo antibiotic prophylaxis, according to the results of a meta-analysis reported in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rather than a 24-hour urine collection to measure proteinuria, a 12-hour urine protein determination and the protein:creatinine ratio can be used for evaluating…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is suspected, the absence of Gram staining on a respiratory specimen reliably rules out the diagnosis. On the other…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rates of maternal morbidity among women with gestational hypertension are lowest when labor is induced at 38 weeks while neonatal morbidity/mortality rates are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sialendoscopy is safe and effective for the treatment of obstructive diseases of the salivary glands in adults, according results of a systematic review…
