NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whole lung irradiation, used to treat pulmonary metastases of solid malignancies in children, can lead to increasing pulmonary problems, Tennessee-based researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mitotane combined with fast-acting steroidogenesis inhibitors might avoid the need for emergency bilateral adrenalectomy in patients with severe hypercortisolism, French researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For removal of uterine contents during the second trimester, dilation and evacuation (D&E) appears to prompt fewer complications and may be more cost-effective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of the sensitivity of several diagnostic tests for histoplasmosis indicates that combining antigen and antibody testing, as well as culture and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For best results, laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis should be performed within 48 hours of hospital admission, a Swiss team reports.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer metastasized to bone benefit from iodine-131 therapy, with stabilization of disease and significant reduction in pain, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combining an EGFR-directed tyrosine kinase inhibitor with conventional chemotherapy does not seem to be a good treatment strategy for lung cancer. According to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A novel glucose-lowering drug, dapagliflozin, improves glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes already on metformin, and it promotes significant weight loss,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Algorithms based on procalcitonin (PCT) measurements reduce the use of antibiotics without jeopardizing patient safety, according to a review of randomized clinical trials.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some patients with primary open-angle glaucoma benefit from more frequent visual field testing, according to results of a study published online August 8…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) stress perfusion imaging for possible ischemia provides “robust” prognostic information regardless of patient sex, new research indicates. In the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Deep brain stimulation works well not only for Parkinson’s disease (PD) but also for benign tremulous parkinsonism (BTP) and the effects are long-lasting,…
