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) – Evidence-based guidelines released Monday recommend that women with epilepsy avoid taking the antiepileptic drug (AED) valproate during pregnancy. "Good evidence shows that valproate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with severe atopic dermatitis prone to infections, a regimen of dilute sodium hypochlorite baths and intermittent intranasal mupirocin reduces disease severity,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that use of statin therapy in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease may reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that while mammographic breast density decreases with age, there remains a substantial proportion of older women with dense breasts —…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New study findings indicate that when women breast-feed their infants for a year, there are health benefits for both mother and infant. As…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research confirms that extreme prematurity is a risk factor for permanent hearing loss and goes on to show that the loss is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Breast cancers that are ER/PR negative and HER-2/neu nonamplified are more likely than those without triple negative status to show a complete pathologic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that for hysterectomy patients who are not at high risk for ovarian cancer, removing the ovaries does not improve survival…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The presence of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with increased prostate cancer risk, coupled with a positive family history, accurately identify men…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Maternal infection with Hong Kong influenza during the first trimester in the 1969-1970 season is associated with reduced intelligence in adult offspring, according…
