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) – Cardiac resynchronization therapy added to optimal medical therapy or in addition to an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) reduces mortality significantly in mild to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The selective sinoatrial I-f current inhibitor ivabradine lowers heart rate in patients with stable coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular systolic function…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Updated practice guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend a lumbar puncture if a child has a febrile seizure and there…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding ketamine to propofol may improve the quality of sedation for painful procedures in the emergency department but it doesn’t reduce the frequency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An interval of no more than 14 days between ultrasonograms in monochorionic twins appears to increase detection of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For treatment of uncomplicated skin abscesses, the efficacy of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration is not on par with incision and drainage – it doesn’t…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with low-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, dactinomycin given every 2 weeks had a higher complete response rate than weekly methotrexate in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Noninvasive measurements of hemoglobin levels using the Masimo hemoglobin meter are “systematically” underestimated and are not reliable enough to guide decisions about the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to conventional white light bronchoscopy, autofluorescence bronchoscopy is more sensitive in detecting lung cancer and preneoplastic lesions, according to a meta-analysis conducted…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Warfarin dosing based on genotype-stratified tables is more accurate than empiric dosing, but not as good as estimates derived from formal pharmacogenetic algorithms,…
