NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a retrospective observational study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine online June 4 indicate that in patients with atrial fibrillation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Monitoring carbon dioxide levels in addition to standard pulse oximetry in patients undergoing propofol sedation during colonoscopy reduces the incidence of oxygen desaturation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For conversion of new-onset atrial fibrillation, intravenous amiodarone plus oral ranolazine is more effective than amiodarone alone, a Greek team reports in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients treated in childhood for Hodgkin lymphoma or Wilms tumor are at particularly high risk for developing colorectal cancer at a relatively young…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intensive control of blood pressure does have a clinically significant positive or negative impact on depression or patient-reported health-related quality of life, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) rofecoxib (Vioxx, Merck) is effective in preventing pain after ureteric stent removal Oregon-based researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the antianginal drug ranolazine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) significantly reduced procedure-related myocardial injury in a small pilot study from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Preoperative hysteroscopy can be safely used as a diagnostic tool in women with endometrial cancer, according to a report in the April 30th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher thyrotropin levels are associated with an increased risk of developing gestational diabetes, according to a report in the May 2012 Obstetrics &…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For localized renal tumors, partial nephrectomy confers a survival advantage and a lower risk of severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) after surgery, relative…