This study documents the safety and efficacy of oral polyethylene glycol for the long-term treatment of chronic constipation.
GlaxoSmithKline's rosiglitazone (Avandia) will receive a black box warning by the FDA because of concerns over heart failure associated with use of the drug.
Although the addition of PCI to optimal medical therapy in patients with chronic stable CHD reduced the prevalence of angina, it did not reduce the long-term rates of death, nonfatal myocardial infarctions and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndromes.
The FDA has approved the first of a new class of antibiotics for the topical treatment of impetigo. Retapamulin belongs to a class of agents called pleuromutilins.
Unless prophylaxed, most post-stroke patients with hemiplegia develop deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and as many as 20% sustain pulmonary embolism (PE).
A randomized controlled trial of 281 men with BPH showed that once daily Tadalafil (Cialis) 20 mg improved lower urinary tract symptoms compared with placebo.
A prediction tool that factors age, history of smoking, BMI, and alcohol use can determine a man's risk for colorectal cancer.
The new guidelines recommend antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in a much more restricted group of patients than did previous guidelines.
Higher incidence of benign leukopenia from lower neutrophil counts is found in black persons compared to white in the United States, and Mexican-Americans and smokers have slightly higher routine counts.
Standard 10 day triple therapy for Helicobacter pylori may result in relatively low eradication rates. An alternative regimen of PPI plus amoxicillin for 5 days followed by PPI plus clarithromycin plus tinidazole for five days seems to provide significantly better H. pylori eradication.
