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) – Clinical outcomes are no better or worse when nulliparous women with an unfavorable cervix at term have elective induction of labor compared to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Wound complications occur twice as often when transverse cesarean sections are closed with staples rather than subcuticular sutures, the results of a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clopidogrel improves outcomes not only in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention, but also in MI patients revascularized by coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with chronic rhinosinusitis accompanied by nasal polyps, treatment first with oral steroids followed by topical steroids is more effective than just…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Chronically HIV-infected individuals show brain damage even when the disease is otherwise stable because of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rifaximin improves driving simulator performance in patients with cirrhosis and minimal hepatic encephalopathy, researchers report in the February issue of Gastroenterology. “The study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining electrocardiographic P-axis and QRS duration data can provide enhanced criteria for emphysema detection, researchers report in a February 9th on-line paper in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with nasal polyposis, polypectomy is a “valuable alternative” to radical ethmoidectomy, a French team reports in the February issue of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methylene blue has certain advantages over isosulfan blue in sentinel lymph node procedures, but the risk of a palpable mass at the injection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adult patients with asthma exacerbations do as well with 2 days of oral dexamethasone as with 5 days of oral prednisone, according to…
