NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transurethral thermal therapy for benign prostatic hypertrophy delivered by a new-generation, cooled, high-energy microwave catheter is effective and safe, with a high rate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) may depend on which eye is measured first, according to a new study published in the Archives of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with ST-segment elevated MI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), a simple protocol of intracoronary administration of adenosine during the procedure…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a study of newborns with dysplastic and potentially unstable hips, researchers found no difference in radiographic outcome at age 6 between children…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms significantly reduces angiographic recurrence, new research shows. But using stents also increases the risk of permanent neurologic complications…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) provide complimentary information in predicting a person’s short-…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Laparoscopic surgery is as efficient as open surgery for rectal cancer, according to results of a randomized trial. Dr. Juan Lujan and colleagues…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Specialists at McGill University in Montreal have developed a fertility preservation protocol of immature oocyte retrieval, in vitro maturation, vitrification of the mature…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intramuscular implantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells is associated with long-term improvements in limb ischemia and may prevent or at least delay…
Dr. Ron Adelman, MD, MPH, FACS at the Yale Eye Center reviews the results of a large study by the National Eye Institute (AREDS) that proposed an effective…
