NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with osteogenesis imperfecta face an increased risk of cardiovascular abnormalities, researchers from Norway report in the March American Heart Journal. Osteogenesis imperfecta…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) come down with community-acquired pneumonia, whether or not they use inhaled corticosteroids has no effect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Eye drops containing lubricants, corticosteroids, cyclosporine, or autologous serum improve dry eye symptoms associated with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), according to a literature review.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women with metastatic breast cancer, a longer duration of chemotherapy is associated with a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in time…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of the Infant Cooling Evaluation (ICE) trial confirm that moderate therapeutic hypothermia reduces death and disability in term and near-term infants who…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fifteen years after postoperative pelvic radiotherapy for endometrial carcinoma, many women still suffer from urinary and bowel symptoms and have reduced physical functioning,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A pH-balanced vaginal gel can alleviate vulvovaginal symptoms after treatment for breast cancer, according to results of randomized controlled study published in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With guidance and training, certain patients on long-term anticoagulant therapy can safely monitor their own INR levels and make dose adjustments as needed,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After percutaneous coronary intervention via the femoral artery, use of arterial closure devices rather than manual compression reduces the rate of major bleeding…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose oral contraceptive is effective in relieving primary dysmenorrhea, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Japan and…
