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) – Most asthma medications used during pregnancy have little or no adverse effect on the developing fetus, new research shows. The possible exception is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients with advanced cancer is increased by about 33% during treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although often billed as a memory and cognition enhancing product, Ginkgo biloba does not stave off cognitive decline or help prevent dementia and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using catheters impregnated with rifampicin-miconazole instead of standard catheters reduces the incidence of catheter-related bacteremia in patients with short-term catheter use at the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vitamin D deficiency is associated with myocardial dysfunction, sudden cardiac death (SCD), and death due to heart failure, German researchers report. Vitamin D,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Continuing a vigorous weight-bearing exercise regimen during pregnancy appears to be a marker of women who spontaneously maintain this practice over time, resulting…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with a single dose of PRO 140, a monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR5 chemokine receptor, provides potent and prolonged antiviral activity in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sustained clinical improvements in signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis are apparent within one week of initiating treatment with a novel pegylated TNF…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children aged 6 to 11 years with inadequately controlled allergic asthma, adding the anti-IgE monoclonal antibody omalizumab (Xolair; Novartis) to optimized treatment…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elective appendectomy performed at the time of cesarean delivery does not increase inpatient morbidity, according to results of a randomized controlled trial. “Based…
