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) – In patients with chronic heart failure, higher systolic blood pressures paradoxically predict better survival, according to researchers in the UK. Writing in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of published studies suggests that chorionic villus sampling (CVS) for prenatal diagnosis may be associated with an increased risk of infantile…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Every month of treatment for hypertension leads to almost one extra day of life free from cardiovascular death, researchers report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Based on postoperative levels of parathyroid hormone and serum calcium, more than half of patients undergoing thyroidectomy do not need routine calcium and/or vitamin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The incidence of invasive fungal infections in very low birthweight neonates is significantly reduced in those given prophylactic bovine lactoferrin, an Italian group reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – German investigators report in Heart that intramyocardial transfer of cord blood-derived stem cells improves left-ventricular function and prevents scar formation in a porcine…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians report in The American Journal of Surgery that a high white blood cell count or low serum sodium level can help diagnose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of patients with an idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder develop a neurodegenerative disease within 12 years of being diagnosed; according…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of an MRI study suggest that the brain may be affected very early in the course of systemic lupus…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Objectively measured sleep duration is inversely associated with incident coronary artery calcification in middle-aged adults, independent of traditional risk factors, according to prospective…
