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In June, 2006, the FDA licensed the first human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) to prevent cervical cancer and other HPV-associated cancers: vaginal, urethral, and oral tumors. Is this yet another travel vaccine for our patients?
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A military serviceman stationed in Hawaii, presented to base with intense pruritus, restlessness, dyspnea, and progressive paresthesias, with burning skin discomfort.
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Are thiazolidinediones safe? New study shows Zometa reduces risk of hip fractures and improves survival.
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Between july 4th and august 28th 2007, more than 100 residents of Castiglione di Cervia and Castiglione di Ravenna, adjacent villages separated by the River Savio, suffered acute febrile illnesses with myalgias, arthralgis, and frequently, skin rash.
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Prescribing β-lactam antibiotics for children with upper respiratory tract infections is associated with in a 3-fold increase in the MIC for ampicillin and 2-fold increase of the ICEHin1056 resistance gene of oropharyngeal Haemophilus isolates.
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Although imported cholera cases in developed countries, such as France, may continue to decline, the global number of cholera cases continues to rise at an alarming rate. Orally administered cholera vaccine may hold promise in controlling cholera epidemics.
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A newly diagnosed diabetic, we'll call him Mr. Smith, called in to Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Health Coach Connection because his doctor had told him he needed to undergo gastric bypass surgery if he was going to live another 10 years.
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Pancreatic cancer makes headlines when someone famous dies of the disease such as Luciano Pavarotti, the world-renowned opera singer that lost his fight with the disease in early September 2007.
