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) – Across many subgroups of preterm infants, high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and conventional ventilation are just as likely to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and they…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who receive timely guideline-based reperfusion therapy — fibrinolysis within 30 minutes of arrival and primary percutaneous coronary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Pancrelipase (pancreatin) delayed-release capsules (CREON, Solvay Pharmaceuticals) increase fat and protein absorption in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency due to chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new 2-hour test for herpes simplex virus (HSV) identifies women in labor who have the virus in their genital secretions, when thereís…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), most of the benefits of sirolimus-eluting stents over bare-metal stents accrue during the first year…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Oral antiglycemic agents have a modest effect on reducing glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes, suggests a new systematic review published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with urinary tract infection (UTI), trimethoprim (TMP) can be used as an alternative to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) without compromising antibacterial activity, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) during individual physical therapy sessions and home exercise can improve pelvic organ prolapse, researchers from Norway report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While a hypertension risk prediction model developed in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) shows good discrimination, its performance is not significantly better than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving beta-blockers to patients with cocaine-associated chest pain appears to be safe and may even save lives, according to research in the May…
