Sunday, April 21, 2013

Medical News

Medical News


Kidney disease screening needs rethink in hypertension

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

The standard approach to detecting chronic kidney disease fails to spot the condition in about a quarter of patients with hypertension, a study suggests.

Experience key for radiologic diagnosis of pediatric respiratory infection

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Research suggests that there is little agreement between physicians when reading chest X-rays for diagnosing pediatric respiratory diseases such as pneumonia.

Improved approach to biopsy decisions in prostate cancer

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Researchers have developed a strategy for reducing the number of initial biopsies performed among men who are at low risk for prostate cancer.

Surgery for renal cancer not always needed in elderly individuals

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Physicians may want to consider nonsurgical management of patients with localized renal cell carcinoma if they are aged 75 years or more, say researchers.

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