NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three years after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), sirolimus-eluting stents still provide better protection against major adverse cardiovascular events compared to bare metal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients report higher quality of life with continuous intraperitoneal versus subcutaneous insulin, Dutch investigators have found. The researchers had previously reported that continuous…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidney stones linked to melamine-tainted infant milk formula can usually be managed conservatively, Chinese authors report. For infants with renal failure, hemodialysis without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In young women with stage IA1 cervical cancer, a fertility-preserving conization does not reduce survival compared to hysterectomy, researchers report in the March…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Tenofovir nephrotoxicity can’t always be fully reversed in HIV-infected men, according to a new study. Up to 2% of patients have adverse renal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a distal filter to protect against emboli during coronary stent implantation increases long-term rates of stent thrombosis and target vessel revascularization, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As in adult diabetics, hemoglobin (Hb) A1c levels are higher in black children with type 1 disease than in white children, independent of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ethosuximide and valproic acid are more effective than lamotrigine for treating childhood absence epilepsy, the most common pediatric epilepsy syndrome, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Asymptomatic patients with a low ankle brachial index don’t seem to get cardiovascular protection from aspirin, randomized trial results suggest. The subjects came…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new battery-operated compression device is at least as effective as low-molecular weight heparin in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hip arthroplasty, but…