CHEST || Pulmonary Medicine

IBD patients have significantly higher risk of DVT, pulmonary embolism

Posted on: 10/03/2015 - 12:05

The risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients developing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism was 1.98-fold and 1.80-fold higher, respe... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA panel recommends two new strains for 2015-2016 influenza vaccines

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 22:41

SILVER SPRING, MD.– Two components of the trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccines used during the current season should be replaced for the 20... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Environmental factors could increase U.S. anthrax cases

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 22:09

WASHINGTON– Recent isolated cases of anthrax in Minnesota and elsewhere, along with the disease’s relative ease of transmission from animals or pl... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 22:00

Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis,... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death

Posted on: 11/02/2015 - 22:00

Smoking causes death from many diseases that until now have not been linked officially to tobacco use, including digestive disorders, liver cirrhosis,... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs antifungal for invasive aspergillosis, mucormycosis

Posted on: 23/01/2015 - 18:41

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A novel treatment for invasive aspergillosis and invasive mucormycosis gained the support of a Food and Drug Administration adv... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Novel oral prophylaxis tames hereditary angioedema

Posted on: 03/12/2014 - 18:13

AMSTERDAM – A targeted oral medication for the prevention of potentially life-threatening episodes of hereditary angioedema produced a clinically meaningful reduction in attack frequency in a...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Acid suppression results in more severe CAP, poorer outcomes

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 17:43

AUSTIN, TEX. – Use of acid-suppressing drugs was associated with more severe presentation, longer hospital stay, and increased mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia presenting to...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

PPI, steroid use raises risk of CDAD recurrence

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 14:12

AUSTIN, TEX. – Use of proton pump inhibitors and steroids was independently associated with recurrences of Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea among patients in an intensive care unit,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vaccine slashes odds of flu hospitalizations for older adults

Posted on: 04/11/2014 - 17:55

PHILADELPHIA – Receiving a flu shot cut the odds of influenza hospitalizations by 56% among older adults during the 2010-1011 flu season, surveillance data show. Vaccine effectiveness was...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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