NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As many as 4 in 10 boys with testicular torsion require orchiectomy, according to a report in the September 23rd online issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Nail bed hemorrhage may serve as a clinical marker of optic disc hemorrhage in patients with glaucoma, researchers from South Korea report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prasugrel helps stop thrombotic events in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), but associated “nuisance” bleeding may prompt discontinuation of such therapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device can be safely performed even in very high risk patients, researchers from Germany report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) does not appear to increase the risk of cardiovascular events among postmenopausal women, researchers from Sweden report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the majority of women undergoing gynecologic surgery for benign conditions, intermittent pneumatic compression provides sufficient protection against venous thromboembolism (VTE). Women at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The early use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) reduces the number of preterm babies who are intubated and given surfactant. In…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The diagnostic yield of transbronchial biopsy of pulmonary nodules is improved when bronchoscopy is guided by various techniques, and the risk of pneumothorax…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – One in five of patients with congenital heart disease need surgery in adulthood, and reoperations make up about 40% of these surgeries, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A small randomized study found no therapeutic advantage to high-dose vitamin D2 supplementation over and above ongoing low-dose vitamin D2 supplementation in patients…