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) – Liver transplant recipients whose indication for transplant was hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis have markedly poorer survival compared to patients transplanted for alcoholic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib is more effective than standard therapy with carboplatin-paclitaxel for lung adenocarcinomas with mutations in the epidermal growth factor…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly 56% of melanomas detected in general dermatology practice are found through full-body skin examinations (FBSE), not as the result of patient complaint,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In general, the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV, Gardasil, Merck and Co.) licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration in June 2006…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A longer atrial fibrillation (AF) cycle length, measured with surface ECG, predicts successful catheter ablation in patients with this common arrhythmia, new research…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children in the ER, use of ketamine at a high IV dose increases the risks of airway and respiratory events, emesis, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of ACE inhibitors prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is associated with an increased risk of death, need for inotropic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute MI are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or pre-hospital lysis followed by transfer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of 18F-FDG PET imaging can reduce the rate of futile laparotomies in patients with colorectal liver metastases from 45% to 28%, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of trial data suggests that erythropoietin can be safely used to treat anemia in patients with chronic heart failure and may…
