NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to expectations, left ventricular (LV) pacing is not superior to simultaneous biventricular (BiV) pacing in certain patients with symptoms of heart failure,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of bloodstream infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with elevated vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration (MICs) are better when treated with daptomycin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with early stage non-small-cell lung cancer, treatment with gemcitabine and cisplatin before radical surgery is associated with better survival than is…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Placement of synthetic mesh to reinforce anterior vaginal prolapse repair is associated with improved anatomic outcomes at two years, a study shows. However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Acupuncture given simultaneously with radiotherapy to the head and neck reduces the development and severity of xerostomia (dry mouth) and improves quality of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Porcine surfactant (poractant alfa) may work better than bovine surfactant (beractant) in preterm newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), according to results of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) receiving invasive or noninvasive mechanical ventilation benefit from systemic corticosteroid therapy, a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) candesartan is not associated with either carcinogenesis or cancer death compared with non-ARB standard antihypertensive treatment,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial, ticagrelor and clopidogrel were associated with similar rates of major bleeding, but ticagrelor was…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with systemic vasculitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis respond well to rituximab therapy, French investigators report in Arthritis Care & Research online November…
