In a randomized controlled trial, adding infliximab, a tumor necrosis factor antagonist, to methotrexate monotherapy was clinically superior to adding disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Medscape Medical News
Intravenous nitroglycerin increases the success rate of external cephalic version in nulliparous women, Canadian researchers report in the September issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reuters Health Information
The results of a study in Belgium suggest that legalized euthanasia and other measures that can shorten life are not significantly associated with lower use of palliative care. Reuters Health Information
Even if efforts succeed to provide health insurance to more Americans, will overcrowded EDs across the country be able to accommodate more patients? American Academy of Emergency Medicine
New research shows almost half of all patients with epilepsy are vitamin D deficient and suggests men are equally, if not more frequently, affected. Medscape Medical News
How important is competition among medical students? How do we train our minds to strive for absolute excellence rather than a relative one? Medscape Med Students
