NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Split liver transplantation results in “excellent” patient and graft survival for both pediatric and adult patients, according to the authors of a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Otherwise healthy older women who fracture their hip face an increased risk for dying prematurely, new research suggests. “Our study was able to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The dyspnea related to use of ticagrelor rather than clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is not associated with pulmonary function,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Injection of a dextrose/lidocaine solution into the area of attachment of the patellar tendon to the tibia is effective for recalcitrant Osgood-Schlatter disease…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Microembolic signals are detected less frequently during carotid artery stenting when a proximal occlusion device is used rather than a distal filter, an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While magnetic resonance imaging is contraindicated for patients with most implanted cardiac devices because of safety concerns, MRI can in fact be performed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than two-thirds of patients prescribed pitavastatin after an acute MI achieve target LDL cholesterol levels, and clinical outcomes are generally favorable, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a randomized trial, prolonged inhalation of low-concentration carbon dioxide for treating apnea in premature infants did not have the same benefit as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has updated its recommendations for the use of antiemetics during cancer treatment, and one key change…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A urinary tract infection may be more likely to spread to the bloodstream in patients who receive a red blood cell (RBC) transfusion,…