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,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus is lower than previously reported, so less rigorous surveillance may be possible,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In cases of benign disease, hysterectomy performed laparoscopically is associated with less postop pain and faster recovery compared with vaginal hysterectomy, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute malignant obstruction of the left-sided colon, placement of colonic stents as a bridge to elective surgery offers no advantage…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Arthroscopic removal of calcium deposits in the rotator cuff can be a safe and effective treatment over the long term, but should only…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with melanoma is associated with a low likelihood of disease recurrence involving the lymph…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose regimen of peginterferon, without ribavirin, produces a sustained virologic response in up to 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pain associated with diabetic neuropathy is improved to a similar degree with daily amitriptyline or duloxetine, according to the results of a cross-over…
