NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The placement of a permanent pacemaker for dual-chamber pacing had no effect on the frequency of falls among older patients with a history…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For first-line tocolytic therapy before 32 weeks’ gestation, prostaglandin inhibitors appear to be the most effective and tolerable agents for delaying delivery for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rectal cancer whose disease is downstaged with neoadjuvant radiation therapy have better survival than their peers who fail to respond to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a family history of intracranial aneurysm are known to be at increased risk themselves, but now new research questions prior findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 6-week program of progressive volitional strength training targeting the quadriceps femoris muscle group substantially improves strength and function following total knee arthroplasty…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – US researchers have identified 10 antibodies that provide broad-spectrum neutralization of human and avian influenza A viruses. The researchers report their findings in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Yearly gynecological examinations fail to identify early stage ovarian cancer in women with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing blood pressure with the drug combination perindopril-indapamide reduces renal events in patients with type 2 diabetes, even when the initial blood pressure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After finding that the 5-HT3 receptor in the brain affects susceptibility to opioid dependence, scientists in California have demonstrated the efficacy of ondansetron,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a small trial suggest that vitamin B12 is a safe, effective, and inexpensive treatment for recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). “The…