NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Supplementation with vitamin C enhances the success of Helicobacter pylori eradication efforts, say researchers from Iran. Vitamin C has been shown to inhibit…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is independently associated with high rates of mortality, myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of the largest and longest study of gastrin biology in Barrett’s esophagus to date provide further evidence that long-term therapy with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a large population-based study in Denmark suggest that children born to women who use selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older patients with stable coronary disease, adding percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to optimal medical therapy neither improves nor worsens their outcomes, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In premenopausal women with breast cancer, adjuvant tamoxifen treatment significantly reduces the risk of contralateral breast cancer, according to results of a Swedish…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients on prolonged acute mechanical ventilation face an increased risk of Clostridium difficile-associated disease, according to a report in the September Chest. “C.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Amlodipine-based therapy is still a better treatment for uncomplicated hypertension than atenolol-based therapy, even in patients with higher baseline heart rates, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal breast cancer patients taking aromatase inhibitors have increased risks for carpal tunnel syndrome and new or worsening arthralgia, two studies published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antiretroviral therapy does not adversely affect lung function in HIV-infected patients and may actually have a beneficial effect, according to study findings presented…