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) – Adding a 2-week course of triple antibiotic therapy to existing medications helps induce and maintain remission of ulcerative colitis (UC), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In orthopedic surgery, closing incisions with staples rather than sutures nearly quadruples the risk of wound infection, according to a meta-analysis in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Gene expression-based signatures for lung cancer don’t seem any better than currently used prognostic factors at identifying patients who need adjuvant chemotherapy, researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adolescents with chronic pancreatitis can have long-term relief from pain after therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), researchers from China say. The goal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Appropriate use of intravenous narcotics is safe and perhaps even beneficial in patients with acute coronary syndromes, according to Israeli researchers. In general,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-potency, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may improve survival for patients with medically inoperable early stage lung cancer, results of a multicenter phase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Urine dipsticks are unreliable and cost-ineffective at screening children for chronic kidney disease, investigators report in the April issue of Pediatrics. In 2007,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new practice parameter from the American Academy of Neurology calls for doctors to identify and treat nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Excisional biopsies are best for diagnosing cutaneous melanoma, because partial biopsies have higher risks of misdiagnosis, adverse events, and microstaging inaccuracy, Australian researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drinking extra water combined with lemon juice might prevent encrustation of long-term indwelling urinary catheters, sparing patients from urinary retention or incontinence due…
