NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis related to glucocorticoid use recommend bisphosphonate therapy but withdraw endorsement of testosterone and estrogen…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The accuracy of dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy for detecting vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in young children with urinary tract infections is such that it…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients hospitalized for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, treatment with linezolid is as effective as “gold standard” treatment with vancomycin. In fact, length…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The safety and efficacy of intensive statin therapy initiated soon after a first MI are maintained at 5 years, Scandinavian investigators report. They…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transureteral lithotripsy seems to deal with distal ureteral calculi in young children more effectively than shockwave lithotripsy, as long as appropriate instruments and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical biopsies guided by colposcopy are accurate in confirming suspected cases of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), but the negative predictive value is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A lower INR for low-risk anticoagulated patients with mechanical aortic valve replacement reduces the risk of bleeding without increasing the rate of thromboembolic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Infants with mild acute respiratory failure better tolerate noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) when it’s delivered through a helmet than with a…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of The Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses screening of various…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Editor of The Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses the optimal use…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses monitoring of drug therapy for epilepsy. Good advice is “Teat the patient, not the…
Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses the use of a seizure calendar to guide treatment of epilepsy. It helps to…
