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) – A South African study shows that HIV-infected patients do better when they begin treatment above rather than below 200 cells/µL. The results, reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of primary percutaneous intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation MI are better when the procedure is performed via the radial artery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – According to a new report, primary care patients who may have a drug use disorder can be reliably identified with a single-question screening…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Updated guidelines issued by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recommend that postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer should receive aromatase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A course of intravenous antibiotic therapy lasting no more than 3 days for hospitalized infants with urinary tract infections is just as successful…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who have a clinical response to treatment with the biologic agent abatacept experience a significant improvement…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In managing hospitalized patients who develop candidemia, the standard practice of promptly removing a central venous catheter does not improve outcomes, according a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Urinary tract infections occur quite often after patients are given detrusor injections of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) to reduce bladder overactivity, so prophylactic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – First-line therapy with zidovudine and interferon-alpha improves overall survival in patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL), according to the results of a retrospective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with chronic heart failure have a higher mortality risk or are more likely to undergo a heart transplant if they have low…
