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) – While elevated levels of anticardiolipin antibodies are associated with preeclampsia, measuring levels of anticardiolipin antibodies cannot be used to predict risk of preeclampsia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to growing concerns, the incidence of coronary artery aneurysms after implantation of drug-eluting stents is low, and when an aneurysm does occur…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the short term, cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is as effective as radiofrequency catheter ablation, but 6-month recurrence rates are…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Urologists from China report that the alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist tamsulosin is a good first-line drug for outpatient medical expulsive therapy (MET) in patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among very low birth weight (VLBW) preterm infants, those treated with oral ibuprofen for patent ductus arteriosus have higher rates of closure than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over time, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 eventually resolves spontaneously in about two-thirds of adolescent and young adult women, according to findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The tumor volume threshold of 0.5 mL for clinically insignificant prostate cancer, established in the early 1990s, remains valid, according to researchers who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anemia that develops in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients during treatment with peginterferon-alfa and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) may be a good sign, new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation and the levonorgestrel intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) offer less invasive options for treating women with symptomatic adenomyosis, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Conjugated bilirubin (CB) and direct bilirubin (DB) level measurements cannot be interpreted interchangeably, caution a group of pediatricians from San Francisco, California in…
