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) – A new report concludes that expectant management of severe preeclampsia occurring before 34 weeks gestation is appropriate in selected cases. It can prolong…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – No chemotherapy sensitivity and resistance assays have sufficient supporting evidence to justify their use in oncology practice. That’s the conclusion of an American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidney failure during hemolytic uremic syndrome is less likely to develop in children with diarrhea due to virulent E. coli infection if they’re…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women undergoing breast-conserving therapy for early breast cancer, the presence of occult metastasis not seen with routine pathological examination in sentinel lymph…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 4-year placebo-controlled trial of alpha-lipoic acid to treat diabetes-related polyneuropathy produced no improvement in the study’s composite endpoint, but there were clinically…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with aortic stenosis fare better when they’re treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), results of a population-based…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral propranolol given for 6 months stops the growth of infantile hemangiomas and decreases their volume and coloration, according to the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past nearly 30 years, survivors of myocardial infarction have suffered an increasing rate of osteoporotic fractures, a new population-based cohort study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The lipoarabinomannan (LAM) urinary assay isn’t accurate enough to be used for routine TB diagnosis, according to a new review in the European…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Multidetector CT (MDCT) identifies skeletal chest injuries after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) missed by conventional x-rays, researchers from Korea report in the June 12th…
