NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Giving the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 to hospitalized children is unlikely to protect them from nosocomial diarrhea, including rotavirus infection, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Increases in fasting blood sugar levels are often seen in patients starting niacin, sometimes to a level that suggests new onset of type…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients receiving rehabilitation for prolonged disorders of consciousness after severe traumatic brain injury show an accelerated pace of cognitive recovery when treated with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The selective inhibitor of Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and 2, ruxolitinib, significantly reduces spleen size and other debilitating symptoms in patients with myelofibrosis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (nSTE-ACS), long-term outcomes are no different whether they undergo angiography, and revascularization if indicated, within…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antibiotic prophylaxis based on rectal swab cultures in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies (TRUSP) reduces the incidence of post-procedure infectious complications. Furthermore,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding trimetazidine to the treatment of chronic heart failure improves cardiac function and slows left ventricular remodeling, according to the results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, intravenous infusion of erythromycin about 30 minutes before endoscopy should be considered to improve diagnostic yield and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anakinra is highly effective in treating patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), researchers from the National Institutes of Health report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can be treated safely with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), according to findings published in the 24 January online issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Avanafil, another phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitor, improves sexual function in men with erectile dysfunction, according to a report in the January 16th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review suggests that wound-edge protection devices (WEPDs) may be useful in surgical patients, UK researchers report in a January 26th on-line paper…
