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) – Use of a helium/oxygen mixture can improve gas exchange and pulmonary mechanics in very low birth weight infants on long-term mechanical ventilation, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In men with diabetes, coffee consumption does not increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases or all-cause morality, according to a brief report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic stroke and impaired hand movements, electrical somatosensory stimulation (ESS) of the median nerve of the affected hand appears to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rituximab (Rituxan) has been implicated in 57 cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in HIV-negative patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies or autoimmune diseases,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Basic clinical information can identify individuals at high risk of developing diabetes within 10 years, and adding some lab values identifies those at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with some previous reports, the results of a case-control study suggest that depressive symptoms are an early feature of Parkinson’s disease, preceding…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though most surviving preterm infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction (PVHI) have cerebral palsy, results of a prospective cohort study indicate that functional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Herd immunity is not enough to protect unvaccinated children against pertussis. A case-control study based on detailed, individual-level clinical data indicates that children…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining hepatic artery infusion of floxuridine/dexamethasone with systemic oxaliplatin and irinotecan can make liver metastases from colorectal cancer resectable in about half of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Daily self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by women with mild or diet-treated gestational diabetes is more effective than weekly office-based testing in reducing…
