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) – Results of a clinical trial of the new, long-acting neuraminidase inhibitor laninamivir octanoate show that it is not inferior to oseltamivir in treating…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Senior investigator Dr. Henry T. Akinbi of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, provided this perspective in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with mixed dyslipidemia, fenofibric acid added to atorvastatin and ezetimibe results in improved lipid and non-lipid levels, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with advanced HIV disease –either AIDS or a CD4 count below 200 — initial antiretroviral regimens based on efavirenz or ritonavir-boosted…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When sepsis is suspected in a newborn infant, a complete blood count as a test for infection improves “dramatically” with increasing time over…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among women undergoing resection of endometrial polyps, the prevalence of malignant or premalignant polyps ranges from about 2% to 5%, with the higher…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A multifaceted program aimed at increasing compliance with preventive measures leads to a sustained reduction in the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents appears to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events, including MI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A population-based study from Scotland shows that fewer than one in every 100 patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism will progress to overt hyperthyroidism. In…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The hope of finding a way to quickly measure carboxyhemoglobin levels in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning is still unfulfilled, it seems. The Rad-57…
