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) – The combination of fibrate and statin therapy is a safe and efficacious treatment option for women with multiple lipid abnormalities, a multicenter team…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Atrial flutter seen in patients in the emergency department (ED) resolves more often with electrical cardioversion than with antiarrhythmic drug treatment, and long-term…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac resynchronization therapy added to optimal medical therapy or in addition to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) reduces mortality significantly in mild to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The selective sinoatrial I-f current inhibitor ivabradine lowers heart rate in patients with stable coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular systolic function…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Updated practice guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend a lumbar puncture if a child has a febrile seizure and there…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding ketamine to propofol may improve the quality of sedation for painful procedures in the emergency department but it doesn’t reduce the frequency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An interval of no more than 14 days between ultrasonograms in monochorionic twins appears to increase detection of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of uncomplicated skin abscesses, the efficacy of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration is not on par with incision and drainage – it doesn’t…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, dactinomycin given every 2 weeks had a higher complete response rate than weekly methotrexate in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Noninvasive measurements of hemoglobin levels using the Masimo hemoglobin meter are “systematically” underestimated and are not reliable enough to guide decisions about the…