NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hydrocortisone therapy may lower the risk of nosocomial pneumonia in severe trauma patients, according to new research from France. The study also found…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is the best choice for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease who are also diabetic, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuter Health) – With the availability of more sensitive troponin I assays, lowering the diagnostic threshold for detection of myocardial necrosis from 0.20 to 0.05 ng/mL…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a new study testing the efficacy of atomoxetine in young children with ADHD, kids on the drug improved on some measures of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with fibrinolytic therapy, primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with acute MI is associated with a significant reduction in early mortality,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous balloon angioplasty with stenting of renal artery stenosis (RAS) added to medical therapy reduces the need for antihypertensive medication slightly, but otherwise…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among symptomatic children with chronic gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori infection, the condition does not resolve spontaneously, and chronic inflammation tends to increase…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Premature babies who received a packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion were more than twice as likely to develop necrotizing entercolitis (NEC) as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For reducing pain from venipuncture in newborn infants, oral sucrose is more effective than topical liposomal lidocaine, according to the results of a…
Vincent A. DeLeo, MD, Chairman, Department of Dermatology, St Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital, New York, discusses sunscreens and FDA testing and labeling for photoprotection. The sunburn protection factor,…
