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 who use statins prior to hospitalization for pneumonia are less likely to die after discharge than their peers who were not using…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If aspirin is to be used routinely for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, it should begin at age 48 in men and 57…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Semen cryopreservation can be successfully performed in pubertal boys who are to undergo gonadotoxic cancer treatment, according to a report in the October…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients hospitalized with bacterial pneumonia are nearly eight times more likely to experience an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) within 15 days of admission…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The pregnancy, delivery, and implantation rates seen with frozen embryo donation in the US compare well with those reported with autologous in vitro…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The platelet inhibition caused by clopidogrel is reduced when the drug is coadministered with calcium-channel blockers, Austrian researchers report. Dr. Bernd Jilma and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about complications related to transvaginal placement of surgical mesh devices used to repair…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An infusion of dexamethasone-loaded autologous erythrocytes appears to be an effective treatment for mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis that is refractory to mesalamine, new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Beta-blocker-induced heart rate lowering has been shown to have beneficial effects in patients with MI and heart failure, but findings from a new…
