The recently published "Survival and Ventricular Enlargement" (SAVE), prospective controlled trial over 4 years including over 2,000 patients, has shown that long-term treatment with captopril reduced cardiovascular mortality (- 19%) and morbidity in patients with post-infarction left...

In this study, we tried to estimate the economic potential benefit of the use of fluoxetine (PROZACR 20 mg, Lilly) versus tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) in depression of mild to moderate intensity. Fluoxetine has demonstrated, in controlled studies, significantly lower rates of side-effects...

Le lymphoedème des membres supérieurs est une complication relativement fréquente après traitement du cancer du sein par chirurgie et/ou radiothérapie. L'incidence en France est de l'ordre de 3740 cas par an avec une prévalence de 37400 cas environ. Le traitement recommandé associe les...

Introduction : Benefit-risk of different anti-rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies after scratches or bites from dogs with unknown rabies status is unknown in very low rabies risk settings. Design and setting : A cost-effectiveness analysis in metropolitan France using a...

Aims: To assess the impact of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) on patient-reported health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Methods: Two HRQOL instruments were administered by telephone interviews to a sample of 253 IBS French patients recruited from the general population. IBS was diagnosed...