NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly one-third of venous thromboembolism (VTE) events that occur in patients who’ve had surgery for cancer happen after they leave the hospital, with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may live longer if started on an inhaled long-acting beta-agonist than an inhaled long-acting anticholinergic, Canadian…
NEW YORK – Procedure times are longer and complications more frequent with single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy than with the “classic” 4-port technique, an Oregon team has found. Dr. Paul…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For children and adolescents with conditions that require frequent placement of intravenous lines, administration of 50% nitrous oxide makes the process of IV…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian suppression, using a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist, during neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in premenopausal women does not help preserve subsequent ovarian…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a “satisfactory alternative” to hysterectomy or myomectomy for fibroids, according to the long-term results of a randomized comparison…
NEW YORK – Hemoglobin A1c (A1C) levels are not sensitive or specific enough to be used to identify children and adolescents with or at risk for diabetes, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When shoulder dystocia occurs during childbirth and a McRoberts’ maneuver fails to alleviate the condition, subsequent maneuvers are usually successful — although some…
Teresa L. Knight, MD, FACOG, Chief Medical Officer of the Women’s Health Specialists of Saint Louis, discusses the risks of inherited breast cancer gene mutations. To learn more…
Teresa L. Knight, MD, FACOG, Chief Medical Officer of the Women’s Health Specialists of Saint Louis, discusses menopause and hormone replacement therapy. To learn more about the Women’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Omalizumab may improve symptoms in people with severe allergic asthma that is not controlled by corticosteroids and beta-agonists, suggests a new study supported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When inserting a feeding tube through the nose, a pacifier and a squirt of sugar water can help relieve pain in preterm babies,…
