Combination treatment with benazepril plus amlodipine reduces the progression of chronic kidney disease better than benazepril plus hydrochlorothiazide, according to a new analysis of data from a large randomized controlled trial published online Feb. 18 in The Lancet.
Older patients and those having specific surgical procedures are more likely to experience never events even if health care providers adhere unerringly to best practices, a study published Feb. 15 in the Archives of Surgery found.
An extremely simple device that tests an athletes reaction time is showing promise in diagnosing concussions, according to a study announced in advance of its scheduled presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in Toronto, April 10-17.
The White House is trying to get health care workers ready to help physicians in computerizing their medical records.
By the start of February, much of the American public had unofficially declared the influenza H1N1 pandemic of 2009-2010 over, even though as recently as Feb. 5 U.S. health officials continued to urge Americans to get vaccinated.
An accelerated, hypofractionated radiation regimen is not inferior to the longer standard treatment in women who had undergone breast-conserving surgery and axillary dissection for invasive breast cancer, according to a report on 10-year outcomes in the Feb. 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders could significantly change the way physicians diagnose psychiatric illness by placing a greater emphasis on the severity of patients symptoms as well as those symptoms that crosscut different disorders.
In patients whose mild cognitive impairment affects executive function but not memory, the presence of hypertension signals an increased likelihood of progression to full dementia, according to a report in the February issue of the Archives of Neurology.
The federal government has granted states and territories $119 million to reduce tobacco use, increase physical activity, and fight obesity, the Health and Human Services department announced on Feb. 5.
A closed-loop system linking continuous glucose measurements to insulin delivery reduced the risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia, compared with standard continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in a three-part randomized crossover study involving 17 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
