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 dual antiplatelet therapy on top of existing anticoagulant therapy increases the bleeding risk after percutaneous coronary stenting, according to results from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s possible that more than 1 million men in the US have been needlessly treated for prostate cancer since the late 1980s, when…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A long-term trial has shown “no evidence to support the use of endovascular treatment” for carotid artery stenosis over endarterectomy in patients who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher diastolic blood pressure is independently associated with impaired cognitive function in otherwise healthy middle-aged and older adults, new research suggests. Findings from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nadroparin, a low-molecular-weight heparin, reduces the incidence of thromboembolic events in ambulatory patients receiving chemotherapy for metastatic or locally advanced solid cancers, an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding a clinical breast exam to mammography increases cancer detection rates and sensitivity – but it also increases rates of false positives and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with high-risk acute coronary syndromes (ACS) without ST-segment elevation, delaying intervention until the next working day does not appear to pose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Onset of hyperthermia several days after acute ischemic stroke is strongly associated with greater morbidity and mortality at 3 months, investigators report. A…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), ticagrelor appears to be more effective than clopidogrel in reducing the incidence of death from vascular…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over time, vaccine-induced rubella antibody levels decline and seronegativity rates rise, leaving children vulnerable to infection, public health officials report. “Because rubella is…
