NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Current evidence is still inconclusive as to whether patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) may benefit from aggressive blood pressure control, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) may depend on which eye is measured first, according to a new study published in the Archives of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For reducing pain from venipuncture in newborn infants, oral sucrose is more effective than topical liposomal lidocaine, according to the results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single dose of zoledronate prevents bone loss associated with glucocorticoid therapy given for acute exacerbation of Crohn’s disease, a German team reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated review of medications available for treating type 2 diabetes concludes that metformin continues to have the best benefit-to-harm profile, according to…
Anna Ferrari, MD, Professor and Co-Director GU Research at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the diagnosis of prostate cancer and what a man needs to know. The three…
Vincent A. DeLeo, MD, Chairman, Department of Dermatology, St Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital, New York, discusses sunscreens and FDA testing and labeling for photoprotection. The sunburn protection factor,…
Nanette B. Silverberg, MD, director of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, discusses melanoma and its increasing incidence. This has occurred in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus is lower than previously reported, so less rigorous surveillance may be possible,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of benign disease, hysterectomy performed laparoscopically is associated with less postop pain and faster recovery compared with vaginal hysterectomy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute malignant obstruction of the left-sided colon, placement of colonic stents as a bridge to elective surgery offers no advantage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Elderly women who were treated for urinary tract infections with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 3 times more likely to be hospitalized for hyperkalemia in the…
