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CDC: Vaccines prevent millions of illnesses, but measles makes a return

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 23:10

Vaccines will prevent an estimated 322 million illnesses, 21 million hospitalizations, and 732,000 premature deaths during the lifetimes of children born during the two decades after the Vaccines for...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Ultrasound-facilitated endovascular thrombolysis 'a game changer' in acute pulmonary embolism

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 20:35

WASHINGTON – Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed, low-dose fibrinolysis for acute massive or submassive pulmonary embolism significantly improves right ventricular function, reduces pulmonary...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:20

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to support the approval of the antibacterial drug dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Study of hs-cTnT in chest pain intriguing, but flawed

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 22:55

WASHINGTON – The lack of detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients presenting with chest pain may be a marker of minimal risk of myocardial infarction within 30 days, according to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Protocol-based resuscitation fails to beat usual care in early sepsis

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 18:25

Protocol-based resuscitation did not reduce sepsis deaths or morbidity, compared with usual care, in the Protocolized Care for Early Septic Shock study conducted at 31 U.S. academic hospitals. Among...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

FDA issues warning about using doripenem for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Posted on: 07/03/2014 - 22:00

When used to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia, the antibacterial drug doripenem is linked to a greater risk of mortality and lower clinical cure rates compared with imipenem and cilastatin for...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

Intramuscular flu vaccine is safest for atopic dermatitis patients

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 22:00

SAN DIEGO – Patients with atopic dermatitis should routinely receive the intramuscular form of the influenza vaccine Fluzone unless the affected area of skin has been swabbed and found to have normal...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Latest heart failure guidelines break new ground

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 05:01

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The latest heart failure guidelines from the American College of...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Latest heart failure guidelines break new ground

Posted on: 26/02/2014 - 05:01

SNOWMASS, COLO. – The latest heart failure guidelines from the American College of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CDC: Younger adults least likely to be vaccinated and most likely to be hard hit by flu

Posted on: 20/02/2014 - 21:45

So far, the 2013-2014 influenza season has been hardest on young and middle-age adults, with 61% of flu hospitalizations occurring in the 18- to 64-year-old age group, the Centers for Disease Control...

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

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