A warning about cases of pancytopenia linked to the use of the oral hepatitis C antiviral drug boceprevir has been added to the drug’s label, the Food and Drug Administration has announced.
There...
SAN FRANCISCO – The incidence of severe sepsis was nearly five times lower and the risk of death from severe sepsis was 43% lower during pregnancy, compared with nonpregnant women, in a large...
Two doses of a human papillomavirus vaccine significantly reduced the risk of developing genital warts in a large cohort of girls and women in Sweden; subjects who had received the full scheduled...
Since the West Nile virus was first detected in New York in 1999, hospitalized patients in the United States have cost an estimated $778.1 million in health care expenditures and lost productivity,...
Nearly 90% of more than 500 dermatologists surveyed said they would initially prescribe an antibiotic to cover possible methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus when incising and draining...
The recombinant influenza vaccine is now recommended as an option for adults with egg allergies, according to the 2014 recommended vaccine schedule for adults.
Approved last year, the recombinant...
While almost all internists and family physicians feel a responsibility to ask about patients’ immunization status at least annually, most refer them to another source for all but basic seasonal...
Exam-room posters declaring a clinician’s commitment to make appropriate antibiotics prescriptions may be a simple, low-cost approach to reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics for acute...
