NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding endoscopic band ligation to treatment with nadolol and isosorbide does not further reduce the risk of recurrent bleeding with esophageal varices, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prior research has linked the thiazolidinediones pioglitazone and rosiglitazone with an increased risk of heart failure, myocardial infarction, and death, but new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Disease-free survival with breast cancer is not improved by adding tamoxifen therapy either before or after treatment with letrozole, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib is more effective than standard therapy with carboplatin-paclitaxel for lung adenocarcinomas with mutations in the epidermal growth factor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children in the ER, use of ketamine at a high IV dose increases the risks of airway and respiratory events, emesis, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of ACE inhibitors prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with an increased risk of death, need for inotropic…
Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses exercise recommendations for patients with Parkinson’s Disease using a bicycle. Summary: 1. Based on research finding, Parkinson’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of trial data suggests that erythropoietin can be safely used to treat anemia in patients with chronic heart failure and may…
Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the problem of Parkinson’s Disease treatment and the fact that medication usage decreases in efficacy over time…
Jay Alberts, PhD, Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, discusses findings of deep brain stimulation research, which demonstrated that cognitive performance and motor tasks were worse under…