F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, shares insights from a review of recent study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine examining duty-hours rules at 63 residency…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vertebroplasty does not improve the pain or disability associated with osteoporotic spinal fractures, according to the results of two randomized trials appearing in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The well-known association between poor glycemic control and low HDL cholesterol in patients with type 2 diabetes is independent of obesity and hypertriglyceridemia,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of metformin is associated with a decreased risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with diabetes, new research shows. By contrast, treatment with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even when patients with type 1 diabetes have excellent hemoglobin A1C levels, continuous glucose monitoring will be beneficial, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Prehypertensive men who are physically fit are likely to live longer as a result, according to a long-term follow-up study published in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In trials of antimuscarinic agents for overactive bladder, the placebo responses tend to be large, statistically significant, and heterogeneous, according to a meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that the time it takes for an ambulance to transport a cardiac arrest patient from the field to the hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using 30% rather than 90% oxygen to resuscitate extremely low gestational age neonates results in less oxidative stress, inflammation, and chronic lung disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome, elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels add important prognostic data, independent of echocardiographic findings, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Of all the tests commonly used to diagnose syncopal episodes in older patients, postural blood pressure testing is the one most likely to…