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More than 7% of married couples (2.1 million) in the united States are infertile. Defined as the failure to conceive after one year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse, infertility is a chronic health problem for young adults.
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Early in 1992, two women in their 40s were treated for renal failure in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Both had been healthy and not recently taking any medications, although one had previously used a beta-agonist asthma inhaler for 8 years.
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Goal: To assess the effect of Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) training on risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in people with dyslipidemia.
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Enrollment into the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT), a five-year, $30-million National Institutes of Health-funded clinical study, has been stopped, according to Heartwire, a professional news service of WebMD.
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Chagas disease (American Trypanosomiasis) is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and is spread primarily by triatomine insect vectors ("kissing bugs").
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The yearly update of recommendations for prevention and control of influenza is available. There have been only few changes from last year. The following focuses on areas of particular interest, including those which seem to generate the most questions. Changes for this year are indicated by their italicization.
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Patients with burn injuries are at high risk for major infections, given their impaired humoral and cellular immunity. Moreover, this patient population displays numerous physiologic alterations affecting organ function and drug metabolism.
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