The Covid-19 Early Treatment Fund was launched to provide funding for research in order to "find an existing drug or drug combination that, when given early, reduces hospitalization…
In an interview for NBC News, Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, affiliate assistant professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In diabetic patients, sirolimus-eluting stents reduce the risk for coronary artery restenosis compared with paclitaxel-eluting stents, a meta-analysis shows. Because the relative efficacy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of depression in low-income minorities with poorly controlled diabetes improved HbA1c and systolic blood pressure, investigators report in the December issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Abatacept, an agent that modifies the costimulatory signal required for T-cell activation, does not increase malignancy rates in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methadone is a safe, effective first- or second-line treatment of cancer pain, even in outpatients, a retrospective study suggests. Concerns over its long…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For men with hot flushes from androgen suppression for prostate cancer, medroxyprogesterone appears to be the best option for relief, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery is probably higher and longer-lasting than previously thought, data from the UK’s Million Women Study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol (TG/HDL) predicts first coronary events in men regardless of body-mass index, say researchers in the November…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For a palpable breast mass with benign features on ultrasound, short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to immediate biopsy, particularly in a young…