NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and a previous myocardial infarction, prophylactic VT ablation in advance of defibrillator placement appears to postpone recurrence…
Co-author Rebecca Rose, CVT talks about her new book, “Career Choices for Veterinary Technicians.” Rose co-wrote the book with Carin Smith, DVM, and it has been published by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Genital ulcers are common in HIV-infected women when antiretroviral therapy (ART) begins, particularly when CD4 counts are low or when women have had…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has issued a “permissive recommendation” for the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV4) in males, to protect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As a mass screening tool for diabetes and pre-diabetes in China, the fasting capillary blood glucose (FCG) test performs better than the hemoglobin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Old age has a greater impact on abdominal surgery outcomes than previously reported, according to two papers in the December Archives of Surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic total coronary occlusions, drug-eluting stents (DES) have better long-term outcomes than bare metal stents, according to a paper from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients treated with high-dose recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage face a “small increased risk of what are usually minor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of statins are variable and depend on the agent being taken, a meta-analysis has shown. Pooled data from 10 randomized trials…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Consistent with their ability to block platelet aggregation, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) appear to increase the risk of serious upper gastrointestinal (GI)…