Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
Each week we present you with the latest featured study from the research teams at JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. Check out the video for intriguing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The bone anabolic drug teriparatide is more effective than alendronate at increasing bone mineral density (BMD) and preventing vertebral fractures in patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In kidney transplant recipients, bringing hemoglobin levels above 125 g/L with erythropoietin may increase mortality, according to a report in the November 6th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving abciximab to high-risk patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) before transferring them for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces 1-year mortality without increasing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women treated for small (1 cm or less), node-negative breast cancers, HER2 positivity is strongly linked to recurrence and poorer disease-free survival,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to previous assertions, low total cholesterol is not a cause of cancer, two separate studies show. Furthermore, a lower total cholesterol level…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nicotinic acid can reduce carotid atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with low HDL cholesterol levels, according to a report in the Journal of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statin therapy may lead to worsening of dyspnea and fatigue in patients with diastolic heart failure (DHF), according to findings presented Tuesday at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with stable angina pectoris, the heart-rate lowering drug ivabradine reduces attack frequency and nitrate consumption – and this is true even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term treatment with low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole is modestly effective in preventing urinary tract infections (UTI) in predisposed children, according to a report in The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Phenothiazines are more effective than other agents, including opioids, for the treatment of acute migraine, according to a meta-analysis published in the October…
