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) – The typical cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) exam delivers a radiation dose equivalent to that of 600 chest x-rays, new research shows, although the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on preliminary results in two patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis, intraarticular delivery of a gene encoding a cytokine blocker substantially reduces joint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fibrin-derived peptide (FX06) appears to limit infarct size when given during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As HbA1c levels rise, cognitive function falls in patients with type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While qualitative immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) may offer advantages over traditional guaiac-based FOBTs for colorectal cancer screening, there are large differences…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for intermittent claudication, endovascular revascularization and supervised exercise training provide similar improvements in symptoms, function, and quality of life, although these…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that adherence with daily controller medications among children with asthma can be enhanced with school-based supervised asthma therapy. As reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pulse pressure can be used to screen patients with chronic kidney disease to identify those with coronary artery calcification who need further evaluation,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Physicians at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have identified several characteristics of unilateral malignant breast tumors that are associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infant mortality attributed to accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed has quadrupled over the last two decades, investigators at the US Centers for…
