NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A couple of extra sutures makes a difference to the clinical efficacy of a mid-urethral sling procedure for treating female stress urinary incontinence,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a Mexican study indicate that 2 months of treatment with the antiinflammatory agent diacerein increases insulin secretion and improves A1C levels…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis given to infants during their first year has an acceptable safety profile and induces protective…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute MI given early unfractionated heparin, a switch to bivalirudin before undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention results in improved cardiac…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After chemotherapy-induced remission of follicular lymphoma, vaccination with a patient-specific tumor-derived antigen improves disease-free survival, a multicenter team has shown. Furthermore, the vaccine…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The excess risk of unexplained sudden death in psychiatric patients may be related to diabetes and dyslipidemia rather than to the antipsychotic drugs…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The longitudinal decline in lung function seen in patients with common variable immunodeficiency and X-linked agammaglobulinemia is related to immunoglobulin replacement level and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Growth hormone treatment of adults isn’t associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a new report. “The strength of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After catheter ablation, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to experience recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) than are their OSA-free…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diabetes incidence falls during rosiglitazone treatment but returns to baseline after rosiglitazone withdrawal, according to the preprint version of a study that is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians faced with a case of shoulder dystocia during childbirth should consider delivering the posterior shoulder after they’ve tried the two primary accepted…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the treatment of ovarian endometriomas, laser vaporization is associated with earlier recurrences and more recurrences compared with laparoscopic cystectomy, although the differences…