NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with rectal cancer whose disease is downstaged with neoadjuvant radiation therapy have better survival than their peers who fail to respond to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 6-week program of progressive volitional strength training targeting the quadriceps femoris muscle group substantially improves strength and function following total knee arthroplasty…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Yearly gynecological examinations fail to identify early stage ovarian cancer in women with a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After finding that the 5-HT3 receptor in the brain affects susceptibility to opioid dependence, scientists in California have demonstrated the efficacy of ondansetron,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An injection of autologous cultured osteoblasts can accelerate the healing of long-bone fractures, according to a report in the February 12th online issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prognosis for patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by pulmonary hypertension is “grim,” particularly among African Americans and those with interstitial lung disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A technique called targeted muscle innervation is a feasible means of controlling complex prosthetic movements in arm amputees, according to a report in…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Morbidly obese patients face higher complication rates than do normal-weight patients after undergoing surgery for colon cancer, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with vestibular schwannomas related to neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), gamma knife radiosurgery can achieve good tumor control in about two-thirds of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for intermittent claudication, endovascular revascularization and supervised exercise training provide similar improvements in symptoms, function, and quality of life, although these…