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) – The benefit of renin-angiotensin system inhibition in systolic heart failure (HF) extends to older patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The reduced risk of developing invasive breast cancer with adjuvant tamoxifen therapy after lumpectomy and radiation for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When antiepileptic drug therapy fails to control disabling temporal lobe epilepsy adequately, patients have a much better chance of becoming seizure free with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new analysis of pooled data on omalizumab should help allay concerns that omalizumab (Xolair; Genentech, Novartis) may increase the risk for cancer.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Having weight loss surgery before having a child may be good for the mother but not necessarily the baby, hints research published this…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients undergoing cataract surgery, topical anesthesia doesn’t provide the same degree of pain relief as regional anesthesia although it’s associated with fewer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Iron-deficiency anemia can lead to high glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentrations that do not reflect glycemic parameters, an Indian study has shown. “The use…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to placebo, ASP2151 significantly shortens the time to healing of recurrent genital herpes, investigators report in the Journal of Infectious Diseases online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pain associated with acute renal colic is relieved more effectively when intravenous papaverine is added to treatment with diclofenac suppository, an Iranian team…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 2 diabetes, glycemic control is better and weight loss is sustained up to 84 weeks with exenatide once weekly…
