NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research confirms that extreme prematurity is a risk factor for permanent hearing loss and goes on to show that the loss is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Breast cancers that are ER/PR negative and HER-2/neu nonamplified are more likely than those without triple negative status to show a complete pathologic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Maternal infection with Hong Kong influenza during the first trimester in the 1969-1970 season is associated with reduced intelligence in adult offspring, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a prospective, 14-year study indicate that women with psoriasis are at increased risk of incident diabetes and hypertension, verifying previous findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A recent prospective study disproves earlier observations that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) prevent Alzheimer dementia (AD). At best, NSAIDS may delay its onset,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) results in “excellent 3-year local control and survival rates,” researchers report based…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly patients with Alzheimer’s disease treated with second-generation antipsychotics should be monitored closely for weight gain and dyslipidemia, according to an analysis of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three milligrams of melatonin at bedtime can effectively treat sleep problems in children with autistic spectrum disorder or fragile X syndrome or both,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Certain women may be at risk of developing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) when they start taking combined oral contraceptives, according to investigators at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The two commercially available Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma release assays show excellent agreement with each other. As far more accurate indicators of latent TB…
