CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
CHICAGO – More and more elderly people are getting infected with Clostridium difficile, and many get readmitted to the hospital after initial treatment for this potentially deadly diarrheal...
The Food and Drug Administration has rejected the approval of the intravenous antiplatelet drug cangrelor, suggesting that the company provide more data, according to the drug’s manufacturer.
The...
CHICAGO – A newly developed oral capsule may offer chronic idiopathic constipation patients a novel, nonpharmacologic approach to treatment: It vibrates as it moves through the intestines.
In a...
CHICAGO – Two old workhorses in the treatment of hepatitis C are being put out to pasture – interferon and ribavirin.
Newer, less toxic oral regimens can cure more patients with fewer side effects,...
CHICAGO – Two old workhorses in the treatment of hepatitis C are being put out to pasture – interferon and ribavirin.
Newer, less toxic oral regimens can cure more patients with fewer side effects,...
Professional international normalized ratio test strips manufactured by Alere are being recalled because of reports of "inaccurately low" results, including several cases of...
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Dr. Daniel C. Payne has been investigating the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus since the first case was reported in the Arabian Peninsula nearly 2 years ago.
An...
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Dr. Daniel C. Payne has been investigating the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus since the first case was reported in the Arabian Peninsula nearly 2 years ago.
An...
MELBOURNE – A polypill combining aspirin, simvastatin, and two antihypertensive drugs has shown a significant improvement in adherence as well as reductions in blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in...