NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The widely held view that maintenance treatment of stabilized patients with schizophrenia must be administered every day seems to be refuted by a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding myo-inositol supplementation to diet therapy improves components of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women better than diet alone, results of an Italian study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children with acute diarrhea recover more quickly when treated with a hypotonic oral rehydration solution containing zinc and prebiotics than those given standard…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with pulmonary hyperinflation due to advanced emphysema have a modest improvement in lung function and exercise tolerance after placement of endobronchial valves…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The tyrosine-kinase inhibitor pazopanib seems to be a promising option for treating progressive metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer that is unresponsive to radioiodine therapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rates of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in immobilized stroke patients are lower when thigh-length graduated compression stockings are used rather than below-knee stockings,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Response rates are higher when bortezomib plus dexamethasone rather than vincristine plus doxorubicin plus dexamethasone (VAD) is used as induction therapy before stem-cell…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using the rapid-acting insulin analog glulisine instead of regular human insulin at mealtimes improves glycemic control in hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The concern about proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) possibly interfering with the efficacy of clopidogrel may be misdirected, according to a new report. It…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Left atrial volume rather than diameter is more strongly associated with thromboembolic risk markers in patients with mitral stenosis, and should be used…
