In nonresectable rectal cancer, the addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy, compared with radiotherapy alone, improves local control and prolongs time to treatment failure and cancer-specific survival, results of a randomized phase III study confirm. Reuters Health Information
A paper in the February issue of Cephalalgia suggests that for patients with medication overuse headache (MOH), preventive treatment is superior to abrupt withdrawal in reducing total headache burden. Reuters Health Information
Clostridium difficile continues to be difficult to manage. Dr. Auwaerter offers a review of fidaxomicin ?- where the drug fits into treatment, concerns about cost, and the need for more research. br / iMedscape Infectious Diseases/i
Patients with schizophrenia have a high incidence of diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, COPD, hypothyroidism, visual problems and other somatic diseases, but they tend to present late. Reuters Health Information
Individual adherence to self-administered medications is a common clinical problem; however, it is even more critical when oral chemotherapeutics are involved. br / iMedscape Medical News/i
Improvements in asthma control and airway responsiveness achieved during long-term treatment with budesonide or nedocromil do not persist when treatment is discontinued. Reuters Health Information
