NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercise alone can play an important therapeutic role in patients with type 2 diabetes, study results indicate. However, as the

LONDON (Reuters Health) – Most patients prescribed orlistat (Xenical; Roche) fail to lose enough weight to quality for continued therapy in Britain, according to findings

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with large hemispheric strokes, maximal cerebral perfusion pressure is achieved with horizontal body positioning, according to a report

By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with mixed cryoglobulinemia is often accompanied by rheumatologic symptoms, Italian investigators

By Karla Gale NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Problems with sleep fragmentation and circadian rhythm abnormalities are improved when patients with dementia are exposed to

By Karla Gale BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters Health) – Incorporating antioxidant-impregnated filters into cigarettes could reduce their health-damaging effects, according to data presented here Friday at

שני מדענים יבדקו על גופם את תפישתם בנוגע לגורם למחלת האיידס – נגיף HIV או קוקטייל התרופות לכתבה ב "הארץ"

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to widely held beliefs, triptans may be a safe and effective treatment for migraine with prominent neurologic symptoms, such

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of men with type 2 diabetes report erectile problems, yet only about one third say that their

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Seven hours of sleep per night appears to be ideal from the standpoint of mortality risk, according to results of

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese children usually remain obese in adulthood. However, high insulin resistance in childhood appears to reduce the risk of adult

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising continues to grow faster than other types of promotion, and physicians should help patients assess its

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Metoprolol treatment has anti-atherosclerotic benefits beyond those achieved with statin treatment alone, according to a report in the February issue

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with a history of heart failure, those who use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are nearly 10 times more

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) – Schering-Plough Corp. said on Monday that it received a supplementary approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obesity and the use of glyburide appear to be risk factors for acute pancreatitis, according to a report in the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most male infertility resulting from a low serum testosterone-to-estradiol ratio can be successfully treated with the selective aromatase inhibitor, anastrozole,

By Martha Kerr SAN ANTONIO (Reuters Health) – Studies in rats show that sildenafil citrate (Viagra, Pfizer) has the ability to induce neurogeneration, angiogenesis, and

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Exercise-induced asthma is reduced, but not prevented, in children treated with loratadine, according to a report in the January issue