NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While qualitative immunochemical fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) may offer advantages over traditional guaiac-based FOBTs for colorectal cancer screening, there are large differences…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As treatments for intermittent claudication, endovascular revascularization and supervised exercise training provide similar improvements in symptoms, function, and quality of life, although these…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Independent of obesity, sleep apnea appears to be a risk factor for the development of insulin resistance, according to a report in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Myoblast transplantation via catheter can be safely performed in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure, the results of a phase I trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A single nucleotide polymorphism in the tumor suppressor TP53 gene appears to be a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme at an earlier age…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prevalence of obstetric complications resulting in severe maternal morbidity — particularly pulmonary embolism and need for blood transfusions — increased significantly in…
About 15 minutes of vibration produces similar results to an hour of conventional resistance therapy, and produces less stress on joints, ligaments and tendons. ~ Detroit Medical Center…
By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) can virtually eliminate central sleep apnea (CSA), it does not reduce sleep…
Gregory J. Artz, M.D Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at Thomas Jefferson Hospital, discusses the bone anchored hearing aid, a new technology used in hearing loss.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women, a 1-day regimen of nitrofurantoin is significantly less effective than the standard 7-day regimen, results of a…
