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) – Concomitant chemoradiation is better than sequential therapy for improving survival with locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a patient-level meta-analysis reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contradictory findings in two trials of divalproex sodium extended-release (ER) for acute mania shed light on design features to consider for future studies…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly patients who use antipsychotic agents are at increased risk for community-acquired pneumonia, a report from The Netherlands indicates. Moreover, as the drug…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin C and E supplementation does not reduce adverse outcomes related to gestational hypertension, according to a study in the April 8th New…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women treated with chest radiation in childhood or adolescence are at increased risk for breast cancer at a young age, and their risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-eluting stents can prevent leg amputations in patients with atherosclerosis and severe below-the-knee ischemia, according to a report in the April 13th Journal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lithium did not delay the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a randomized placebo-controlled trial, the investigators reported online April 6 in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ambulatory telemetry can provide lifesaving information that is unavailable with other modalities, new research suggests. More than 26,000 patients with routine clinical indications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding pregabalin (Lyrica) to existing therapy for poorly controlled partial seizures reduces seizure frequency and is generally well tolerated over the long term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pooled data from multiple studies indicate that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is useful for depression, auditory verbal hallucinations, and possibly for negative…
