NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to some previous results, intracoronary administration of a bolus of adenosine before elective percutaneous coronary intervention does not reduce periprocedural myocardial necrosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with concomitant cardiac disease requiring surgery and symptomatic carotid artery disease, carotid artery stenting before surgery yields favorable outcomes, a Dutch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While carbapenems are the drugs of choice for treating infections due to Enterobacteriaceae that produce extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, treatment with combination beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor antibiotics…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rizatriptan is effective for acute migraine in patients taking topiramate for migraine prophylaxis, and few experience adverse effects, according to a report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cutting balloon (CB) therapy is effective and safe for pulmonary artery stenosis resistant to conventional angioplasty techniques, results of a randomized study suggest.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with sore throat, signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis, either alone or in combination, cannot be used to definitively diagnose or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Diuretic use is associated with an increased incidence of gout, an association mediated by increases in serum urate levels, according to findings published…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone, Reckitt-Benckiser) helps curb prescription opioid dependence, but counseling does little to boost success rates, according to results of a randomized controlled…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass surgery provides no added benefit over best medical therapy for preventing recurrent stroke in patients with symptomatic atherosclerotic internal carotid…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For stable patients with left main coronary artery disease, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a “reasonable” alternative to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)…
