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) – By restoring cognitive function in patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE), rifaximin treatment also improves their quality of life, investigators in India report.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Bladder weight estimated by ultrasound doesn’t correlate with lower urinary tract obstruction, a new study suggests. Instead, clinicians should stick with urodynamic evaluation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intrapartum translabial ultrasound (ITU) appears to be an effective way to monitor birth progress in term fetuses in cephalic presentation, researchers reported online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Having an on-site pathologist interpret tissue samples at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) can lead to immediate diagnosis, researchers report in the November 23rd…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to bare metal stent implantation, patients with acute myocardial infarction and failed thrombolysis who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), do no better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with chronic uveitis, adalimumab appears more effective than infliximab in maintaining remission, according to a small cohort study by Italian investigators.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prolonged exposure therapy, a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), is effective for patients with combat- and terror-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The current U.S. system for allocating donated livers – which is based on the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score – is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Standard echocardiography will confirm or exclude a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in most children, without the need for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), clinicians from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) start rituximab along with methotrexate (MTX), they have significantly better physical function and health-related quality…
