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) – The use of inhaled corticosteroids, whether for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), increases the likelihood of diabetes onset and diabetes progression,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Successful outcomes of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are statistically the same whether the sperm used is testicular or epididymal in origin, and whether…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with bipolar disorder treated with more than one second-generation antipsychotic drug do not do any better than those treated with one drug,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with overactive bladder (OAB) may do better with fesoterodine 8 mg/d than with tolterodine extended release 4mg/d, according to the results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The high case mortality rate associated with H5N1 avian influenza in humans can be significantly reduced with oseltamivir therapy, even when started a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes in patients with acute MI undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention are better with increasing levels of LDL cholesterol, a Korean group reports. However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Training delivery ward personnel in manual assistance techniques in the crowning stage of labor significantly decreases the occurrence of anal sphincter tears, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rates of acute rejection of lung transplants are not improved when sirolimus is added to the immunosuppressive regimen instead of azathioprine, a multicenter…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing symptomatic deep vein thrombosis with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is associated with the size of the catheter,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients incurring traumatic brain injury do not fare any better if they are given hypertonic fluids before reaching the hospital, according to a…
