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) – New research from Japan suggests that antenatal corticosteroids promote survival in extremely preterm infants born at 22 to 23 weeks gestation. Based on…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adrenal involvement is rare in cases of renal cell carcinoma, even when the tumor is large or in the upper pole. Therefore, concurrent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even with routine use of stents and thienopyridines such as clopidogrel for elective percutaneous coronary intervention, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors (GPIs) such as abciximab…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinical outcomes are no better or worse when nulliparous women with an unfavorable cervix at term have elective induction of labor compared to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Wound complications occur twice as often when transverse cesarean sections are closed with staples rather than subcuticular sutures, the results of a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel improves outcomes not only in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, but also in MI patients revascularized by coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with chronic rhinosinusitis accompanied by nasal polyps, treatment first with oral steroids followed by topical steroids is more effective than just…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Chronically HIV-infected individuals show brain damage even when the disease is otherwise stable because of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rifaximin improves driving simulator performance in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy, researchers report in the February issue of Gastroenterology. “The study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining electrocardiographic P-axis and QRS duration data can provide enhanced criteria for emphysema detection, researchers report in a February 9th on-line paper in…
