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Natriuretic peptide levels (BNP, NT-proBNP) are of prognostic value in general populations, but whether they add information to other known risk factors for cardiovascular outcomes is less clear.
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The authors sent a survey questionnaire to almost 800 hospices. Responses were obtained from 414. The survey asked an administrator whether or not their facility had admitted patients with active ICDs, whether any of these patients had been shocked in the past year, and whether any patient had received multiple shocks.
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FDA is reviewing safety of TZDs; SSRI use with tamoxifen; Metformin smells like fish; FDA Actions.
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The test results are in: Your patient tests positive for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). What is your next step?
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In the United States, women and teen girls accounted for more than one-fourth of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007 and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS.
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Learn to be more specific in your sexual health history taking. Results of a new study from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction at Indiana University in Bloomington indicate that no uniform consensus exists when the term "had sex" is used.
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The options in birth control might be set to expand: Watson Pharmaceuticals of Corona, CA, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize the Population Council's investigational contraceptive vaginal ring in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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What is your facility's protocol when it comes to testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)? It probably involves patient testing, with treatment provided after test results are completed.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has published a new review of data supporting the noncontraceptive uses of hormonal contraceptives to treat specific conditions.
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Even in people who had never smoked cigarettes, pipe and cigar smoking was associated with decreased lung function and increased odds of airflow obstruction.
