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 stable patients with persistent total occlusion of the infarct-related artery after myocardial infarction, those who undergo late percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) fare…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bone loss in postmenopausal women taking adjuvant letrozole for early breast cancer can be prevented with administration of zoledronic acid, investigators report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin therapy before and during acute ischemic stroke hospitalization is associated with improved poststroke survival, and going off statin therapy in the hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the rituximab era, it’s not necessary to administer prophylaxis against central nervous system (CNS) disease in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A retrospective study found that children diagnosed with biliary atresia had elevated direct or conjugated bilirubin levels soon after they were born, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to some previous results, intracoronary administration of a bolus of adenosine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention does not reduce periprocedural myocardial necrosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with concomitant cardiac disease requiring surgery and symptomatic carotid artery disease, carotid artery stenting before surgery yields favorable outcomes, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While carbapenems are the drugs of choice for treating infections due to Enterobacteriaceae that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, treatment with combination beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor antibiotics…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pulsatile rather than continuous infusion of oxytocin in women requiring induction of labor confers little benefit, and when used for labor augmentation it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rizatriptan is effective for acute migraine in patients taking topiramate for migraine prophylaxis, and few experience adverse effects, according to a report in…
