By Keith Mulvihill NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older men who smoke do not reduce their risk of rhinovirus infection by taking common "cold fighting"

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with fluvastatin causes a significant reduction in LDL cholesterol in patients with chronic renal insufficiency, researchers report in the

By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There are substantial performance differences between three commonly used fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) for the detection

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with type 2 diabetes who are poorly controlled on a sulfonylurea agent, the addition of troglitazone produces twice

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with standard 1-week triple therapy, a new short-term quadruple regimen for eradicating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) appears to be

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters Health) – Nearly 9 out of 10 people who underwent acupuncture report that the treatment relieved their pain, according to preliminary results

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a randomized crossover trial indicate that oral creatine monohydrate supplementation improves upper extremity exercise capacity in patients with

By Pat Hagan LONDON (Reuters Health) – The chronic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for rheumatoid arthritis can be dramatically reduced through a nurse-led

By Richard Woodman LONDON (Reuters Health) – The new cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) inhibitors, commonly prescribed for arthritis pain, can cause gastric problems, which justifies the

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients seen in an allergy clinic, alcohol consumption even in moderate amounts is linked to an increase in total

By Joene Hendry SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters Health) – Enteral feeding can safely be continued in critically ill trauma patients right up to the time

By Anthony J. Brown, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In angina patients, short-term enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) is associated with a significant improvement in

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a randomized multicenter trial indicate that proton pump inhibitors, such as lansoprazole, are as clinically effective as

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Of four commonly used urinary catheters, hydrogel-coated catheters are the easiest for uropathogens to migrate across, according to a report

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – As prevention for colorectal cancer, colonoscopy once every 10 years saves more lives at a lower cost than chemoprevention with

BUDAPEST (Reuters Health) – In a precedent-setting case, a Hungarian patient infected with hepatitis C through a blood transfusion during a 1993 hospital operation won

-NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Calcium channel blockers CCBs – are safe and effective in the treatment of hypertension, according to a report in the

By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Depletion of intramyocellular fat after biliopancreatic diversion reverses insulin resistance in patients with morbid obesity, according

By Melissa Schorr NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New survey results suggest that 1 in 10 general practice physicians might prescribe an antibiotic to penicillin-sensitive