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) – Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) appear to be at increased risk for vascular disease, especially acute coronary syndrome and deep-vein thrombosis, new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) and the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) esomeprazole are similarly effective, safe, and well tolerated strategies for the management of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with resectable cancer of the pancreas, the use of neoadjuvant radiation therapy over surgery alone or surgery plus postoperative radiation therapy…
By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The increase in autism prevalence that many studies have reported in recent years may be attributable, at least…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Serum procalcitonin is highly sensitive and specific for differentiating bacterial from aseptic meningitis in pediatric patients, physicians in Europe report in the December…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Progressive task-repetitive treadmill exercise recruits cerebellum-midbrain and subcortical circuits to promote gait recovery after hemiparetic stroke, according to trial results published in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Having gout apparently lowers the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease in older patients, according to study results published in the November 15th issue…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among US Latinas, a greater degree of European genetic ancestry is associated with increased breast cancer risk, results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining eptifibatide with low-dose recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) appears to be a safe thrombolytic strategy for acute ischemic stroke, study findings in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that most children who are 5-year survivors of liver transplantation have good graft function; however, chronic medical conditions and complications…
