NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statins reduce the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation after myocardial infarction or revascularization, new data confirm. “This may be yet another reason why…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Does vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke? Apparently not, according to a study of more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of azithromycin cured early syphilis as effectively as the standard painful penicillin injections, in a recent phase III trial. But…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Plasma levels of the cardiac hormone N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) don’t tell doctors anything about their normal healthy patients, new research shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recombinant human neuregulin-1 (rhNRG-1) improves cardiac function and remodeling in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), say researchers from the People’s Republic of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia, targeting higher hemoglobin levels with an erythropoietic agent is not helpful and is very…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Coronary artery stenting does not reduce long-term rates of myocardial infarction (MI) or mortality in patients with stress-positive stable coronary artery disease, German…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Up to 20% of tests for estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancers are false negatives or false positives, according to a consensus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with diabetic nephropathy, high doses of B vitamins accelerate kidney dysfunction and increase the rate of myocardial infarction (MI) and strokes,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive insulin therapy, targeting a blood glucose level of 130 mg/dL, may improve the likelihood of survival for severely burned children, according to…