Variable annuities and mutual funds have long invested in similar holdings. Both own port-folios of stocks and bonds, rewarding investors with whatever returns the holdings deliver. But there are important differences between the two types of investments.
Investors have good reason to be pleased. During the first 10 months of 2006, the Standard Poor’s 500-stock index returned 12.1%. But along with those gains comes an inevitable cloud: taxes.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of small renal tumors is a promising alternative to surgery, investigators in Poland report.
Five-year data gathered by the Paulista Registry of Glomerulopathies in São Paulo, Brazil, shows that focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis is the most common primary glomerular disease, followed by membranous nephropathy and IgA nephropathy.
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can produce good short-term outcomes in patients with high-risk prostate cancer, researchers in Italy conclude.
Hypoalbuminemia is a risk factor for hypotension during hemodialysis, Japanese researchers report.
A large Swedish study of patients undergoing coronary procedures shows that renal failure is more likely to develop with the use of an iso-osmolar rather than low-osmolar contrast media.
Even though the American Urological Association has developed guidelines for numerous conditions, there are none for vasectomy. Yet this is one of the most common procedures performed by urologists, with more than 500,000 done annually in the United States.
NEW ORLEANS—Varicocelectomy may significantly improve semen parameters such as sperm count, motility, and morphology in infertile men with palpable lesions, according to a new meta-analysis that contradicts the findings of previous studies.
Body composition tends to change significantly during the first year of dialysis, but the changes depend on which type of dialysis is administered.
