NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with proven stress urinary incontinence, tension-free vaginal tape provides lasting relief, according to results of a 10-year follow-up study conducted in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a controlled study, clinicians didn’t see any benefit to treating patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) early (as soon as mild PDA symptoms appear)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If lifestyle changes are not enough to control type 2 diabetes, metformin should be the first oral agent added to treatment, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute lung injury on mechanical ventilation, restricting the amount of enteral nutrition provided does not reduce the number of days…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A French team concludes that routine neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) should be discontinued for preterm infants,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Early, aggressive use of azathioprine is associated with reduced surgery rates in patients with Crohn’s disease, researchers from Hungary report in the January…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with egg-induced anaphylaxis can safely receive the influenza vaccine, according to findings published in the January 9th Journal of Allergy and Clinical…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin are effective in treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6 infection, researchers report in a January…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with type 2 diabetes who don’t have retinopathy at baseline have a relatively low risk of developing eye complications during 5 to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dual rather than mono antiplatelet therapy started soon after ischemic stroke reduces the risk of recurrence without a significant increase in risk of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing radiofrequency catheter ablation, complication risks are higher with use of dabigatran for anticoagulation compared with uninterrupted warfarin,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – H1N1 antibody levels remain high in children a year after immunization with a monovalent adjuvanted pandemic swine influenza vaccine, a UK team reports…
