Reuters HealthClinical NewsHigh blood glucose linked to contrast nephropathy in nondiabeticsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acute hyperglycemia, even without diabetes, raises the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy and death in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary angioplasty, new research shows.December 21, 2010Clinical NewsLung cancer screen: A license to smoke?NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who screen negative for lung cancer are less likely to try to quit smoking than men whose scans are inconclusive, a Dutch study shows. The findings add to the debate over whether patients will perceive negative results in a lung cancer screen as a license to smoke or a chance to quit.December 19, 2010Clinical NewsBrachytherapy good option for younger prostate cancer patientsNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Brachytherapy is a viable option for prostate cancer patients 60 years and younger, researchers from University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands conclude in a new report in BJU International.December 8, 2010Clinical NewsDiabetes, obesity worsen breast cancer outcomesNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Poor breast cancer outcomes in women with diabetes and obesity are linked to hyperinsulinemia, new research suggests. The research is reported in five separate papers, all published online November 29 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.December 5, 2010Clinical NewsReentrant tachycardia recurs more often after cryoablation vs RF ablationNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the short term, cryoablation and radiofrequency (RF) ablation were equally effective for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in a German study -- but six months later, recurrence was higher with cryoablation.December 5, 2010ConferenceExtreme long-distance running can damage the bodyCHICAGO (Reuters Health) - Endurance athletes who run extraordinarily long distances over a sustained period of time lose muscle as well as fat, and they severely impair their immune function, according to data presented at the 2010 RSNA meeting.December 1, 2010Clinical NewsTranscatheter aortic valve implantation beneficial for patients over 80NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an effective alternative to surgery for patients over 80 years old, researchers from Germany report in the November 9 online issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.November 27, 2010Clinical NewsLess invasive lung cancer staging strategy has multiple benefits: studyNEW 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 reduces the rate of unnecessary thoracotomies, compared with surgical staging alone.November 23, 2010Clinical NewsRisk of later CNS tumors after childhood cancer increases with radiation doseNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of second primary neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS) in survivors of childhood cancer increases greatly with the dose of radiation they received and, independently, with the dose of intrathecal methotrexate used.November 15, 2010Clinical NewsAdjuvant WBRT for metastases improves neither survival nor independenceNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) following surgery or radiosurgery of some brain metastases reduces intracranial relapses and neurologic deaths, but it doesn't improve overall survival or the duration of functional independence.November 11, 2010Previous PagePage 8 of 58Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingHybrid AI reading shows success in breast cancer screeningA Dutch team found that a hybrid reading strategy for screening mammography reduced radiologist workload by 38% without changing recall or cancer detection rates.Medical, Legal, and PracticeCooking robot gets rave reviews in TübingenMRIUltrasound plus MRI helps diagnose pain from rotator cuff tendinopathyMedical, Legal, and PracticePressure grows for more rigorous financial disclosureMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volume
