NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In premature neonates with inguinal hernia, the risk of incarceration is doubled when repair is delayed beyond 40 weeks post-conceptual age, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The characteristic loss of facial fat in many patients being treated for HIV infection can be effectively rectified with autologous fat transplantation or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An “evolving concept” in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is to use biologic agents to obviate long-term treatment with steroids, according to…
Join us for Meetings in Minutes – AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 – Day 3. Our third daily wrap-up features highlights from the key late breaking trials, and some…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – It’s reasonable to insert a suprapubic catheter using a closed technique when the distended bladder is readily palpable; however, when the bladder cannot…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A selective with antiprogestin effects, CDB-2914, reduces uterine fibroid size and bleeding, and improves quality of life in affected women, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After endoscopic balloon dilation of intestinal strictures in children with Crohn’s disease, an intralesional injection of triamcinolone reduces the rate of recurrence, according…
Join us for Meetings in Minutes – AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 – Day 2. Our second daily wrap-up features highlights from the key late breaking trials, and some…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Almost a quarter of overweight women and nearly a half of overweight men in the US think there’s nothing wrong with their weight.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Following endoscopic sphincterotomy, large bile duct stones can be managed as successfully with large balloon dilation as with traditional mechanical lithotripsy, and with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that antenatal steroids seem safe and reduce adverse outcomes in preterm infants when the pregnancy is complicated by…
Join us for Meetings in Minutes – AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 – Day 1. Our first day wrap-up features highlights from the presidential address, the key late breaking…