NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The selective T-cell co-stimulation modulator abatacept safely and effectively treats psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in many patients, according to a report in the December…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Current data do not support the widespread use of MRI for the diagnosis and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), researchers conclude in a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Band ligation of bleeding esophageal varices can be impossible when blood obscures the endoscopic view – but giving erythromycin before the procedure will…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Menses and ovulation are more likely to resume spontaneously after chemotherapy if women also receive a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog – but pregnancy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-dose naproxen given close to the dosing of aspirin interferes with aspirin’s antiplatelet effects, according to a report in the November 23rd online…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After brain death in potential lung donors, a “lung protective” strategy can increase the odds that the lungs will be viable for transplant,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Taking levothyroxine on an empty stomach at bedtime, instead of in the morning before breakfast, significantly improves thyroid hormone levels and many patients…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Skeletal surveys are often critical to the diagnosis of physical abuse in children, researchers report in the December 13th online issue of Pediatrics.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Noninvasive uterine electromyography (EMG) identifies true preterm labor more accurately than clinical methods now in use, new research shows. “It can therefore identify…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of aspirin and clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for preventing saphenous vein graft (SVG) intimal hyperplasia after coronary artery…
