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) – Among women treated for early, endocrine-responsive breast cancer, adjuvant therapy with the aromatase inhibitor letrozole leads to better overall survival than does tamoxifen,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -– A point-of-care test for beta-hydroxybutyrate in capillary blood is more specific than a urine dipstick for ketones in identifying diabetic ketoacidosis in emergency-department…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating high-risk retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) early, before threshold severity is reached, preserves peripheral vision with relatively little reduction in visual field extent.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ribavirin added to pegylated interferon more than doubles the sustained viral response rate in children with chronic hepatitis C, a multicenter team reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters health) – The effects of cardiac resynchronization may be more dramatic in patients with advanced heart failure, but those with less severe symptoms also benefit…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When oral rehydration is problematic, nasogastric administration of fluids is a good alternative for treating dehydrated children in resource-scarce settings, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For initial treatment of HIV-1 infection, once daily atazanavir plus ritonavir and once-daily efavirenz provide comparable antiviral efficacy when used with either abacavir/lamivudine…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral contraceptives are just as effective as a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist for relieving pelvic pain due to endometriosis, results of a small…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of newborns with dysplastic and potentially unstable hips, researchers found no difference in radiographic outcome at age 6 between children…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with thyroid cancer treated with radioiodine-131, subsequent pregnancy is safe without adverse outcomes for the offspring. That’s according to a report…
