NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postcataract surgery endophthalmitis rates in the United States declined slightly between 2003 and 2004, but there is still room for improvement, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some elderly patients with unresected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may do better with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) than with radiotherapy (RT) alone. However, low…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Newer generation everolimus-eluting stents (EES) are significantly less likely to prompt very late stent thrombosis than are the first generation of drug-eluting stents…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For reversal of type 1 hepatorenal syndrome, treatment with noradrenaline seems to work as well as terlipressin and is a lot less expensive,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The everolimus-eluting stent and the sirolimus-eluting stent are equally safe and efficacious in patients with coronary artery disease, the SORT OUT IV Trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study confirm that treatment with dapagliflozin helps patients with type 2 diabetes lose weight in addition to improving their blood…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For preterm neonates at risk of retinopathy, high-dose vitamin A supplementation started soon after birth produces a significant increase in retinal function, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term clinical outcomes of percutaneous intervention of complex coronary bifurcation lesions are significantly better when the procedure is performed with adjunctive intravascular ultrasound…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants seen in the emergency department with uncomplicated bronchiolitis can be safely managed with oxygen therapy at home, a Colorado team reports in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intracoronary artery infusion of autologous stem cells after primary PCI or thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction improves left ventricular ejection fraction and left…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with heart failure requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy and coexistent atrial fibrillation, AV nodal ablation (AVNA) reduces mortality and improves NYHA functional…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sodium phosphate enemas, even in standard doses, may lead to severe metabolic disorders and death in elderly patients, warn clinicians from Israel in…
