NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In utero exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may increase the risk of early delivery, low Apgar score at 5 minutes, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sildenafil (Viagra) is associated with a number of side effects, but data on long-term harms are still lacking, a systematic review and meta-analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) early after acute myocardial infarction does not decrease overall mortality, investigators report October 8 in The New England…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In non-diabetic patients with hypertensive kidney disease, the risk of hyperkalemia with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is “small,” according to research reported…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People over 75 years who undergo colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy are six times more likely to experience a colon perforation than younger individuals,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Upper gastrointestinal tract pathology appears to be the norm, not the exception, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and in people who…
Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, talks about his book “Feeding Baby Green”, and his “tomato theory”, describing first how…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Radiofrequency tissue volume reduction (RFTVR) of the soft palate combined with partial uvulectomy is a relatively safe and effective treatment for primary snoring,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For now at least, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) does not recommend that nontraditional risk factors for coronary heart disease be…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In most patients who receive drug-eluting stents for unprotected left main disease, restenosis can be managed with a minimally invasive approach, including placement…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For diagnosing heart failure-related pleural effusions, pleural fluid levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) are more accurate than BNP levels, say researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cephalocaudal jaundice progression does not correlate with bilirubin levels, especially in late-term premature infants, a new prospective study shows. Visual assessment of jaundice…
