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 nursing intervention in a surgical ward reduced postoperative pneumonia rates – admittedly low to start with — by 77% over an 18-month…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is an effective and safe treatment for renal calculi in children, French researchers report in the June issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biliary stenting can be an effective therapy for large or multiple common bile duct (CBD) stones, new research shows. With two months of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term follow-up of more than 2000 patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease shows stenting to be as effective as coronary artery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) For surgical management of female stress urinary incontinence, tension-free midurethral tapes should be “the first option of treatment,” according to the lead author of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Some men having coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) especially smokers — should also be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), even if they’re…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Heart failure patients who see a physician within a week after hospital discharge are less likely to be readmitted within 30 days, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Statins reduce the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation after myocardial infarction or revascularization, new data confirm. “This may be yet another reason why…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Does vaccination against pneumococcal pneumonia reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke? Apparently not, according to a study of more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During resuscitation of ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest, keep the pause in compressions to less than 3 seconds before each shock and to less…
