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) – In a phase 2 study of patients with diabetic macular edema (DME), intravitreal injections of the vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor, VEGF Trap-Eye,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with left main coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a safe option that…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with anorexia nervosa, weekly risedronate increases spinal bone mineral density over the course of a year. Adding low-dose testosterone does not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In terms of quality of life for patients with COPD, the improvements in lung function and exacerbation frequency produced by phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous coronary intervention with bare metal stents followed by a course of oral prednisone at immunosuppressive strength produces results comparable to that obtained…
NEW YORK (Reuters health) – Among premenopausal women treated for hormone-responsive breast cancer with adjuvant anastrozole, body mass index (BMI) has a significant impact on outcomes, an Austrian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with the standard long protocol using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists during ovarian stimulation, the use of GnRH antagonists results in comparable live-birth…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among MI patients who have undergone successful revascularization, prompt administration of erythropoietin does not reduce ultimate infarct size. In fact, it may have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mitral isthmus ablation is a technically challenging procedure and acute subclinical circumflex ‘injury’ following the procedure “is not uncommon,” clinicians from the United…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In ischemic stroke patients weighing more than 100 kg, the fixed maximum dose limit for intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rTPA — alteplase)…
