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) – Women seem to be more susceptible to the harmful effects of smoking than their male counterparts, according to findings from a case-control study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The earlier the Kasai operation is performed to bypass extrahepatic bile ducts in cases of biliary atresia, the better is the long-term outcome,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cancer patients accidentally overexposed with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) chemotherapy, the investigational drug vistonuridine (Wellstat Therapeutics Corp) may be lifesaving, according to research to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that many patients with sleep apnea continue to experience excessive daytime sleepiness despite treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that spinal fluid levels of three biomarkers may help identify people with very mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Primary total hip arthroplasty with a porous-coated cementless acetabular component continues to provide “durable fixation at 20 years postoperatively,” orthopedic surgeons from Rush…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contraception, or different reproductive patterns related to contraceptive methods, may affect the risk of some types of cancer, according to findings from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly individuals with cognitive impairment may be more likely than those with intact cognitive function to have early age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b (PEG-IFN-alpha-2b) for advanced melanoma improves recurrence-free survival, investigators report in an early online release from the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with epinephrine and dexamethasone in the emergency room may help infants with bronchiolitis avoid hospital admission, according to a report in the…
