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) – There’s no need for people to stop taking aspirin before an immunochemical fecal occult blood test (iFOBT) because it won’t hamper the performance…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Brachytherapy is a viable option for prostate cancer patients 60 and younger, the authors of a new report in BJUI conclude. “Prostate cancer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research does not support the routine use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with mixed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Putting patients on dialysis before they’re symptomatic offers no survival benefit; on the contrary, it may increase their risk of death, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with acute migraine who find sumatriptan ineffective may have a better response to rizatriptan, according to a study reported in Cephalalgia online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women of normal weight or moderate overweight who develop gestational diabetes late in pregnancy, treatment with metformin may be a suitable alternative…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Augmenting antipsychotic treatment with a biologically active natural product, L-theanine, improves symptoms in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, Israeli investigators have shown…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV patients whose regimen includes efavirenz and who experience CNS side effects such as insomnia and nervousness may benefit from a switch to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hydroxychloroquine may reduce the heightened risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Use of hydroxychloroquine to treat rheumatoid arthritis is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The management of heart failure guided by an individualized target level of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) doesn’t lead to clinically significant improvements…
