NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In terms of overall survival, carboplatin plus the oral fluoropyrimidine derivative S-1 is as effective as carboplatin plus paclitaxel in chemotherapy-naive patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with papillary thyroid cancer who undergo lobectomy do as well as those who undergo total thyroidectomy, while external beam radiation is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The off-label use of recombinant factor VIIa for hemostasis in patients without hemophilia confers only modest benefits but may increase the risk of…
Join us for Meetings in Minutes – AHA Scientific Sessions 2010 – Day 4. Our fourth and final daily wrap-up features highlights from the key late breaking trials,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The characteristic loss of facial fat in many patients being treated for HIV infection can be effectively rectified with autologous fat transplantation or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After endoscopic balloon dilation of intestinal strictures in children with Crohn’s disease, an intralesional injection of triamcinolone reduces the rate of recurrence, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a meta-analysis indicate that antenatal steroids seem safe and reduce adverse outcomes in preterm infants when the pregnancy is complicated by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with zoledronic acid, the monoclonal antibody denosumab is more effective in delaying skeletal-related events in women with breast cancer that has metastasized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The school performance at age 16 of children born to epileptic mothers correlates with their degree of exposure to anticonvulsant drugs in utero,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Updated guidelines compiled by an expert panel of cardiologists and gastroenterologists address the issue of a possible drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors…
