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There is an increased risk of future cancer as a consequence of performing repeated CT scans, and the younger the patient at the time of scanning, the greater the subsequent risk.
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Exposure to small turtles has lead to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella paratyphi B var. Java infections. This MMWR report summarizes the epidemiologic and laboratory investigation conducted by CDC and state and local health departments since the first reported illness on 5/4/07.
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Risk prediction algorithms for non-cardiac surgery and therapeutic trials have focused on the prevention of myocardial ischemic events.
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This study of severe sepsis patients showed that intensive insulin therapy does not improve mortality or organ dysfunction, and resuscitating patients with the colloid hydroxyethyl starch is harmful.
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The risk of adverse outcomes in bacterial meningitis can be estimated upon initial patient presentation using six clinical features.
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This phase II placebo-controlled trial showed a dramatic benefit from rituximab in preventing clinical relapses, as well as new MRI lesions, in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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RPLS occurs in a variety of clinical settings that cause an acute elevation of blood pressure, or cause damage to the endothelial cell junctions in brain blood vessels.
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FDA drug approval to change? Urinary incontinence in women; how metabolism of certain drugs can be predicted by genetic analysis; bowel preps may compromise renal function especially in the elderly according to a new study; FDA Actions.
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The most comprehensive study published to date did not find evidence of neuropsychologic problems in children ages 7-10 who were exposed to mercury-containing vaccines or immune globulins administered prenatally or during the first 7 months of life.
