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VIDEO: Study highlights progress, challenges in nosocomial infections

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 21:40

Onein twenty-five hospitalized patients on any given day has an infection acquired from health care, and as many as one in nine of those will die. At a press briefing, Dr. Michael Bell discussed...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Most health care–associated infections aren’t device associated

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 18:30

An estimated 4% of inpatients at U.S. acute care hospitals have at least one health care–associated infection on any given day, according to a report published online March 26 in the New England...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

SAN DIEGO – Lingering concern over increased risk cardiovascular events and mortality associated with calcium supplementation do not outweigh the bone benefits of calcium supplements, Connie Weaver,...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

It’s time to put to rest the calcium supplement controversy

Posted on: 26/03/2014 - 13:55

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Oophorectomy did not eliminate uterine cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 19:50

TAMPA – Women with BRCA1 mutations who undergo risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy may remain at risk for rare types of aggressive uterine cancer, according to preliminary findings from a prospective...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Oophorectomy did not eliminate uterine cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 19:50

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Treatment decisions complex for pregnant, postpartum women with bipolar disorder

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 15:10

The clinical features of perinatal women with bipolar disorder are much more severe than those of women seeking care for other psychiatric conditions, including greater history of suicidal behavior...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Genomic analyses led to targeted treatment for metastatic breast cancer, though response rate disappointing

Posted on: 11/03/2014 - 18:45

Genomic abnormalities can be identified in individual patients with metastatic breast cancer, which can then lead to targeted therapy, investigators reported in the March issue of Lancet...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

CDC sounds alarm on hospital antibiotic use

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 22:45

A scathing new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found ample room for improvement in inpatient antibiotic prescribing. Findings include continued overuse of antibiotics in...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy predicted improved lung cancer survival in women

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 18:40

Hormone therapy was associated with improved overall survival in women with non–small-cell lung carcinoma, reported investigators in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Long-term...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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