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 distress of multiple venipunctures in hospitalized pediatric patients can be avoided by obtaining blood samples through a peripheral venous catheter placed for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though carotid intima media thickness (cIMT) independently predicts cardiovascular disease events, this parameter does not add useful information to traditional risk factor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining oral and injectable antihistamines or corticosteroids appears more effective for treating acute urticaria in children than using just one treatment modality, Taiwanese…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with double-layer uterine closure, single-layer closure following caesarean section doubles the risk of uterine rupture during a subsequent trial of labor, Canadian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole was just as effective and safe as ciprofloxacin in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in non-infarct-related coronary vessels along with primary PCI for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) appears to jeopardize patient…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite its widespread use, there is no conclusive evidence that oxygen therapy benefits patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a paper…
Bideawee, one of the nation’s largest and oldest human organizations, honored WebMD for their Health Pets initiative at their annual Gala in New York City. Nan Forte, Executive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The optimal choice of transurethral procedure for benign prostatic hyperplasia is not made much easier by a new meta-analysis, published online June 11…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the treatment of nodular goiter, the effect of radioiodine (I-131) therapy is potentiated by neoadjuvant administration of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone…
