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) – Results of a study confirm that treatment with dapagliflozin helps patients with type 2 diabetes lose weight in addition to improving their blood…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For preterm neonates at risk of retinopathy, high-dose vitamin A supplementation started soon after birth produces a significant increase in retinal function, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term clinical outcomes of percutaneous intervention of complex coronary bifurcation lesions are significantly better when the procedure is performed with adjunctive intravascular ultrasound…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants seen in the emergency department with uncomplicated bronchiolitis can be safely managed with oxygen therapy at home, a Colorado team reports in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intracoronary artery infusion of autologous stem cells after primary PCI or thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction improves left ventricular ejection fraction and left…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with heart failure requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy and coexistent atrial fibrillation, AV nodal ablation (AVNA) reduces mortality and improves NYHA functional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sodium phosphate enemas, even in standard doses, may lead to severe metabolic disorders and death in elderly patients, warn clinicians from Israel in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the PRIMO trial, treatment with vitamin D2 (paricalcitol) did not improve measures of cardiac structure, function or left ventricular mass in patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even a few hours a night of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy leads to meaningful improvements in attention, sleepiness and quality of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a population-based observational study indicate that androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer is associated with an increased…