NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The nonselective beta-blocker carvedilol and the beta-1-selective beta-blockers metoprolol succinate and bisoprolol have significantly different treatment effects in patients with chronic heart failure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During a no-scalpel vasectomy, lidocaine given via a short fine needle provides excellent anesthesia, Canadian and US researchers report in the May issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel reloading does not benefit patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who are already on chronic clopidogrel therapy, Italian researchers reported online April…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older patients with normal lipids but high C-reactive protein, primary prevention therapy with rosuvastatin (Crestor) does not lower mortality, but it does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A comparison of 10 seizure drugs in older epilepsy patients shows that lamotrigine is the most effective — based on 12-month retention and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients on long-term stable warfarin therapy can safely be immunized against influenza, results of study from Italy indicate. In the study, influenza vaccination…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In older patients on warfarin therapy, treatment with cotrimoxazole significantly raises the risk of upper gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage, new research shows. The increased hemorrhage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In adults with moderate-to-severe active Crohn’s disease, treatment with infliximab plus azathioprine, or infliximab alone, led to significantly higher rates of corticosteroid-free clinical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Octogenarians with heart failure have a higher risk of in-hospital death after defibrillator or pacemaker placement, compared to younger patients, new research shows.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) to dual antiplatelet therapy after stent implantation boosts patients’ platelet response, investigators in Poland report. The P2Y12…