NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A newer ureteral stent, designed to be more comfortable than an older stent, actually isn’t, according to results of a randomized controlled trial.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Vaccinating pregnant women against influenza is a highly effective way of keeping their infants from being hospitalized with influenza in the first six…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Initiating mediastinal nodal staging of suspected lung cancer with endosonography, followed by surgical staging (mediastinoscopy) if needed, improves the detection of metastases and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There appear to be several problems with the current clinical staging criteria for localized prostate cancer, according to a study published online today…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Despite declining use, perineal radical prostatectomy (PRP) yields outcomes that are equal to, or better than, those of retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Routine screening for coagulation abnormalities before oocyte retrieval for in vitro fertilization (IVF) is costly and not clinically effective, researchers from Israel found…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In older men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) bothered by nocturnal polyuria, a low dose of desmopressin at bedtime can help, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whether delivery is immediate of deferred when fetal health is compromised by growth restriction appears to make no difference to outcomes at school…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) are less pronounced for typical “real-world” patients — particularly those with right bundle-branch block — than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Outcomes of cryoablation of small renal masses are similar whether the procedure is performed surgically or percutaneously, according the results of a meta-analysis…