Bariatric surgery has long yielded almost immediate health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes, and new findings on the reasons for remission may be the key to developing drug alternatives to surgery.
According to the research, addition of ribavirin to direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) proved advantageous to achieving an immunological response, with reduced serum cryocrit measured when sustained virologic response was achieved at 12 weeks (SVR12)
Men with metastatic noncastrate prostate cancer (NCPC) experience a survival benefit with the addition of docetaxel (Taxotere, Pfizer) chemotherapy or abiraterone acetate (Zytiga, Janssen) to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), according to guidelines
A study led by the University of Birmingham suggests a possible association between exposure to certain pollutants and an increased risk of so-called 'cot death' or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
In the present study, researchers analyzed the clinical results of patients with scaphoid nonunion treated with arthroscopic bone grafting and K (Kirschner)-wires fixation
The present study aimed to develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) with focus on Chinese medicine pattern differentiation and treatment as well as approved herbal proprietary medicine
According to the research, results from some of the first studies to examine hemp's ability to fight cancer show that it might one day be used as a plant-based treatment for ovarian cancer
In the present study, researchers evaluated the impact and cost-effectiveness of Position emission tomography (PET) and staging laparoscopy (SL) in addition to initial staging in patients with locally advanced gastric cancer
A team of Russian scientists together with foreign colleagues, reports that the venom of the crab spider Heriaeus melloteei may be used as a basis for a treatment against hypokalemic periodic paralysis
In the recent study, scientists evaluated the epicardial fat ( EF) in kidney transplant (KTX) recipients and its association with cardiovascular parameters in a 12-month follow-up study
Contact precautions, used in addition to the standard precautions, the basic level of infection control applied to all patients, did not limit or prevent the spread of drug-resistant bacteria in non-intensive care unit (ICU) hospital wards, according to the research
Research conducted a meta-analysis to review clinical outcomes in patients taking aspirin and clopidogrel, with and without concomitant Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to address concerns of adverse reactions