Komal Jhaveri, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and lead author of the EMBER-3 trial, as she discusses the significance of this approval, its impact on the treatment…
Sung-Bae Kim, MD, PhD, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea, reports on results from the East Asian subgroup of the Phase 3 EMBER‑3 trial, showing that in patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of isolated diastolic hypertension in patients with cerebrovascular disease protects against major vascular events, according to results from the PROGRESS trial. “For…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in twenty ischemic strokes occurs within 60 days of withdrawal of antithrombotic agents, according to a report in the June 30th online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pneumothorax occurs in 15% of patients having a transthoracic needle biopsy of a pulmonary nodule, according to the findings of a population-based cross-sectional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For STEMI patients with multivessel coronary disease undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, outcomes are better when revascularization is targeted to just the culprit…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new clinical practice guideline recommends bronchodilator monotherapy for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and an FEV1 less than 60% predicted. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When added to whole-brain irradiation, radiosurgery is preferable to neurosurgical resection for treating cancer patients with a single metastasis to the brain, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In pregnant women colonized with group B streptococcus (GBS) and at high risk for penicillin anaphylaxis, intrapartum prophylaxis with clindamycin to prevent perinatal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Epoetin alpha can reduce the number of erythrocyte transfusions needed in patients with acute leukemia undergoing myelosuppressive chemotherapy, without affecting length of remission,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study suggests that, in a real-world setting, adjuvant chemotherapy in adults over age 65 with stage II colon cancer and high-risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new report concludes that expectant management of severe preeclampsia occurring before 34 weeks gestation is appropriate in selected cases. It can prolong…
