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) – Patients hospitalized with severe headache generally experience considerable pain relief at least some of the time when given aspirin intravenously, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men whose baseline PSA is less than 2.0 ng/mL are unlikely to benefit from further screening for prostate cancer, according to findings reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A finding of homozygosity for mutations that cause Gaucher disease in patients who report no symptoms of the disorder warrants further followup. Manifestations…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to expectations, antidepressant step therapy protocols appear to increase medical resource use and costs, according to a study conducted by Thomson Reuters…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of developing post-pericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) in cardiac surgery patients can be halved by treatment with colchicine, an international team has shown.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measuring both the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) when an inflammatory condition is suspected is not helpful and is possibly…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A consensus statement compiled by an international panel proposes that the level of platelet reactivity during antiplatelet therapy is a better measure of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study of Ethiopian communities where azithromycin was distributed widely to prevent the spread of trachoma found that macrolide resistance dropped off…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adopting a low-fat diet with a low glycemic index improves triglyceride levels and may increase insulin sensitivity in patients with impending metabolic syndrome.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As soon as 2 years after diagnosis, children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes require increasing doses of insulin — reflecting a more…
