NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The first procedure performed to treat empyema patients has a key impact on outcomes, new research shows. In particular, patients fare better when…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High urinary levels of a carcinogen in tobacco may help predict risk of lung cancer in smokers, according to research reported at the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) results in “excellent 3-year local control and survival rates,” researchers report based…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The two commercially available Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma release assays show excellent agreement with each other. As far more accurate indicators of latent TB…
Talissa A. Altes, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology at University of Virginia Health System, discusses the use of hyperpolarized gas MRI to study asthma. References and Resources de…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Increased duration of television viewing in early childhood – as a proxy measure of sedentary behavior – is associated with the development of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dietary counseling and food fortification can improve symptoms and general health status for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who are at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study suggest that tuberculosis may be cured faster by adding moxifloxacin to a standard TB treatment protocol than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with standard therapy with a nicotine patch, combination therapy with a patch, a nicotine oral inhaler, and bupropion for as long as…