By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temsirolimus does not improve progression-free survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) compared to standard treatment, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Transcervical Foley catheter is just as effective for inducing vaginal labor as intravaginal misoprostol, but carries less risk of tachysystole, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eradication rates of Helicobacter pylori in children are higher with sequential therapy compared with standard triple therapy, a Polish team reports in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with melanoma is associated with a low likelihood of disease recurrence involving the lymph…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose regimen of peginterferon, without ribavirin, produces a sustained virologic response in up to 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined with ondansetron and dexamethasone, a single intravenous dose of fosaprepitant is as effective as a standard 3-day oral course of aprepitant for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pain associated with diabetic neuropathy is improved to a similar degree with daily amitriptyline or duloxetine, according to the results of a cross-over…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis C infection, issued by the European Association for the Study of the Liver, underscore the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS) may benefit from an intensive treatment involving trigger point release and cognitive behavioral therapy, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are administered sodium bicarbonate before emergency coronary procedures might be less likely to suffer contrast-induced nephropathy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implementation of shoulder dystocia training was correlated with a greater than 3-fold decrease in obstetric brachial plexus injuries (OBPI) in a new retrospective…
