NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with inadequately controlled asthma, the combination of mometasone furoate and formoterol reduces exacerbations and slows the decline in lung function more…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The beta-blocker propranolol is superior to traditional first-line oral corticosteroids in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs), conclude pediatric dermatologists from Miami, Florida.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – During thyroidectomy, the technique used to identify the all-important recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) matters when it comes to the chances of paralysis of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Biweekly injections of pegloticase may quickly lower uric acid and ease symptoms in some gout patients who don’t get better with usual treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing cardiac procedures, a lower dose of contrast medium based on calculated creatinine clearance may reduce the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin may be an alternative to paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin for advanced ovarian cancer, based on the results of an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A short course of methylprednisolone added to antibiotic therapy for acute pyelonephritis in children significantly reduces the development of renal scars, a Taiwanese…
Discussion surrounding dose adjustment for renal insufficiency as reported in Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Jyotsna Garg, M.S.,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative treatment with low-dose human atrial natriuretic peptide (carperitide) improves outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are undergoing coronary artery…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) in children in regions where community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is prevalent is more likely to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated guideline on the management of chronic heart failure by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) addresses changes…
Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, M.D., Kenneth W. Mahaffey, M.D., Jyotsna Garg, M.S., Guohua Pan, Ph.D., Daniel E. Singer, M.D., Werner Hacke, M.D.,…
