NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian- and uterine-conserving surgery appears to be safe in premenopausal women with stage IA or IC epithelial ovarian cancer, with no adverse impact…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac troponin-I is superior to electrocardiogram and creatinine kinase MB for predicting myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – INR testing intervals of 4 weeks or less are typically recommended for patients on long-term warfarin therapy, but new research suggests that less…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Allogeneic blood transfusions in patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) substantially increase the patient’s odds of nosocomial infection, hospital readmission…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome, elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels add important prognostic data, independent of echocardiographic findings, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that anemia, regardless of comorbid disease, is a risk factor for death in very elderly individuals. In the study, incident…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to common opinion, routine cervical screening can identify early-stage adenocarcinoma and adenosquamous carcinoma of the cervix, according to a large case-control study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A network of altered genes appears to play a key role in the pathogenesis of gliomas, according to a report in the Journal…
A new study by David Threadgill, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, published online in the May 5, 2009…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Muscle pain and weakness in patients taking statins often reflect true muscle damage, new research shows. Moreover, real muscle injury may exist even…
