NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most patients with acute variceal bleeding have a relatively low 6-week mortality risk after standard-of-care treatment, but those with high creatinine levels have…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of available evidence indicates that colchicine given after cardiac surgery reduces the risk of developing post-pericardiotomy syndrome, or PPS. “The data…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For assessing subsequent risk of stroke in patients who’ve had a transient ischemic attack, the so-called ABCD2 instrument is not sensitive or specific…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on their review of screening instruments for alcohol and drug misuse, a Canadian team recommends using three quick questions in the emergency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Subcutaneous immunotherapy is at least as effective as drug therapy in controlling symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis, even in the first season after…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hysteroscopy using narrow-band imaging (NBI) technology may be more sensitive than white-light imaging (WLI) for diagnosing endometrial cancer and hyperplasia, hint results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with hypercholesterolemia who do not reach target lipid levels with rosuvastatin have a better change of reaching their goals by adding ezetimibe…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In adults with overactive bladder and nocturia, treatment with solifenacin, may improve quality of sleep and sleep-related quality of life by decreasing the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Findings from a Swiss observational study indicate that outcomes of intravenous thrombolysis for ischemic stroke are less favorable in nonagenarians than octogenarians. Writing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A couple of extra sutures makes a difference to the clinical efficacy of a mid-urethral sling procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence,…