NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that tenofovir 300 mg-emtricitabine 200 mg (TDF-FTC) is comparable to abacavir 600 mg-lamivudine 300 mg (ABC-3TC) in anti-HIV efficacy but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in US cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy has increased 10-fold since their introduction, yet there’s been no associated decline in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After breast-conserving surgery for invasive cancer, mammographic density is a risk factor for local recurrence, particularly in women who don’t undergo radiotherapy, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lipid assessment of vascular disease risk can be simplified by measuring either cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without fasting and without looking at triglyceride…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding angioplasty to medical therapy does not improve the outcomes of patients with renal-artery stenosis and carries substantial risks, according to a report…
This week, the AMA is mobilizing its grassroots network to vote “yes” on H.R. 3961, the “Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009.” This bill would permanently repeal…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term ambrisentan therapy safely improves exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of an extension protocol that followed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Keeping hypoxic patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the prone position does not reduce mortality, although it might provide a slight…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with locoregionally advanced squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LASCCHN), the survival benefit of adding cetuximab to radiotherapy is still…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The bone anabolic drug teriparatide is more effective than alendronate at increasing bone mineral density (BMD) and preventing vertebral fractures in patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In kidney transplant recipients, bringing hemoglobin levels above 125 g/L with erythropoietin may increase mortality, according to a report in the November 6th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Monofilament testing alone is inadequate for diagnosing peripheral neuropathy, according to a systematic literature review done by physicians in The Netherlands. As the…
