NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the treatment of nodular goiter, the effect of radioiodine (I-131) therapy is potentiated by neoadjuvant administration of recombinant human thyroid stimulating hormone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravenous magnesium sulfate infusions may not help patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, according to a study published in the August issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – By evaluating risk factors for thromboembolism, physicians can reduce the number of computed tomography (CT) angiograms they order for patients with suspected pulmonary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Enterally administered probiotic treatment with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG can cut the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in high-risk patients, according to pilot study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Inhaled anticholinergics may increase the risk of community-acquired pneumonia in asthma patients, results of a Spanish case-control study suggest. The findings, published online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of elderly patients who come out of the hospital after pneumonia either die within a year or get readmitted for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, the best timing and duration of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is unclear. Now, a systematic review suggests…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pretreating antibiotic-resistant Helicobacter pylori with a mucolytic that destroys bacterial biofilm can eradicate infection in many cases, Italian research shows. “A standard rescue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some assisted reproduction protocols call for oral contraceptive (OC) pretreatment before ovarian stimulation, but this approach significantly reduces ongoing pregnancy rates, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High-power laser vaporization is a safe and effective alternative to transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for benign prostatic hyperplasia, results of a…
