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) – Topical gabapentin is a well tolerated, effective treatment for relieving the pain of localized and generalized vulvodynia, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A condensed version of the 10-item Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) is useful in screening for postpartum depression in primary care settings, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with marked clinical fluctuation in neurologic status due to cerebral ischemia may benefit from thrombolytic therapy, researchers from Canada report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) For the 5% to 10% of adults who fail to mount an adequate response to the standard hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine regimen, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A small but significant increase in mortality is seen within 120 days of transrectal ultrasound guided (TRUS) prostate biopsy, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nearly all children with suspected or known hypersensitivity to vaccines can be safely immunized, US researchers contend, and in the September issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the Geneva Cancer Registry show an increased long-term risk of colon cancer after external radiation therapy for prostate cancer, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Multislice CT detects proximal coronary atherosclerotic plaque or obstructive coronary artery disease in “a significant proportion” of patients with a low or intermediate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Finnish researchers report evidence that proliferative diabetic retinopathy, like diabetic nephropathy, clusters in families, suggesting that genetic factors play a role in its…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Alzheimer’s drug memantine appears to be a useful treatment for binge eating disorder, significantly reducing the frequency and severity of binge episodes,…
