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) – Biweekly injections of pegloticase may quickly lower uric acid and ease symptoms in some gout patients who don’t get better with usual treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing cardiac procedures, a lower dose of contrast medium based on calculated creatinine clearance may reduce the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin may be an alternative to paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin for advanced ovarian cancer, based on the results of an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A short course of methylprednisolone added to antibiotic therapy for acute pyelonephritis in children significantly reduces the development of renal scars, a Taiwanese…
Discussion surrounding dose adjustment for renal insufficiency as reported in Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Jyotsna Garg, M.S.,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative treatment with low-dose human atrial natriuretic peptide (carperitide) improves outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are undergoing coronary artery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) in children in regions where community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is prevalent is more likely to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated guideline on the management of chronic heart failure by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) addresses changes…
Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Jyotsna Garg, M.S., Guohua Pan, Ph.D., Daniel E. Singer, M.D., Werner Hacke, M.D.,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whole lung irradiation, used to treat pulmonary metastases of solid malignancies in children, can lead to increasing pulmonary problems, Tennessee-based researchers report in…