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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the initial treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis, amphotericin B plus fluconazole is a good alternative to amphotericin B plus flucytosine (5-FC), the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cutting balloon (CB) therapy is effective and safe for pulmonary artery stenosis resistant to conventional angioplasty techniques, results of a randomized study suggest.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with sore throat, signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, either alone or in combination, cannot be used to definitively diagnose or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of high-dose human regular U-500 and human regular U-100 insulin are similar, the U-500 formulation may…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Insulin resistance shows no significant association with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, researchers report in an October 14th on-line paper in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diuretic use is associated with an increased incidence of gout, an association mediated by increases in serum urate levels, according to findings published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone, Reckitt-Benckiser) helps curb prescription opioid dependence, but counseling does little to boost success rates, according to results of a randomized controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass surgery provides no added benefit over best medical therapy for preventing recurrent stroke in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic internal carotid…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of a more selective approach to urinary tract imaging after an initial febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in children outweigh the…
