Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
Data presented for the first time today at the 25th Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) show that cyclosporine inhalation solution (CyIS) significant...OHSU scientist helping explain basis of psychotic behavior
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In 2003 the Canadian recommendations for the management and treatment of dyslipidemia were ...rescribed statin therapy, which will increase cost for little overall benefit. Jacques Genest and colleagues, members of the Working Group on Hypercholest...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
PROVIDENCE, RI Physicians caring for people at high risk for lung cancer should assume responsibility of informing their patients about options for screening for...