NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is superior to symptom analysis for detecting ovarian cancer, while symptom analysis is better able to distinguish benign tumors, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Muscle pain and weakness in patients taking statins often reflect true muscle damage, new research shows. Moreover, real muscle injury may exist even…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term strenuous activity may cut the risk of breast cancer in women, but may have a harmful effect on cognition, according to study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A further analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials indicates that the risks of hormone therapy still generally outweigh the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For low-risk emergency department patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, acute nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has the potential to safely reduce the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Proton pump inhibitor therapy can induce acid-related symptoms in healthy adults after drug withdrawal, according to the results of a randomized, placebo-controlled study…
Joseph Nimeh, MD, Pediatric Hospitalist Fellow at the University of South Florida, discusses implementing patient safety rounds in hospitals to reduce medical errors and fix the problems nationwide…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Both obesity and type 2 diabetes, owing to their harmful effects on adipocytokines and inflammatory mediators, contribute to increased breast cancer risk in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Celiac disease is 4 times more common now than it was in the 1950’s, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,…
Barry Marshall, MD, AC, FRS, FAA, discusses the possibilities of making a swine flu vaccine using helicobacter as a vaccine delivery platform and the progress made so far…
