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There are 2 important potential uses for the measurement of testosterone levels: 1) to monitor the dosage of testosterone supplementation; and 2) to diagnose hyperandrogenism, whatever the cause. Unfortunately, the measurement of testosterone is particularly difficult in women because of the low circulating levels.
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Smallpox Vaccination Guidelines Published by CDC; Nurses: Delay Vaccination Program; Viagra Effective for Depression Treatment; Finisteride/Doxazosin no Better than Placebo for Urinary Obstruction; Serevent Receives Dear Doctor Letter
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Synopsis: The clinical value of single-agent trastuzumab in recurrent ovarian cancer is limited by the low frequency of HER2 overexpression and low rate of objective response among patients with HER2 overexpression.
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Synopsis: Acute oral administration of 50 mg and 100 mg of androstenedione to postmenopausal women increases serum testosterone and estrone but not estradiol.
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Synopsis: Postpartum fever after cesarean delivery is associated with an increased risk of uterine rupture during a subsequent trial of labor.
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In emerging findings that will fuel more debate about immunizing U.S. health care workers for smallpox, a similar program in Israel has resulted in four hospitalizations including the immunocompromised wife of a vaccinee, Bioterrorism Watch has learned.
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With its smallpox immunization plan now under way in the nations hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must decide how many adverse reactions and deaths are acceptable before modifying or halting the program, told a special smallpox review panel formed at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Washington, DC.
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Harsh lessons learned from the governments forced anthrax vaccination campaign in the military include poor communication, driving people out of the service, and massive underreporting of adverse reactions among those immunized, according to a report by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
