MIAMI BEACH – A fixed-dose adapalene/benzoyl peroxide gel is a suitable treatment for acne in adult women, according to a meta-analysis of data from... More »
MIAMI BEACH – A fixed-dose adapalene/benzoyl peroxide gel is a suitable treatment for acne in adult women, according to a meta-analysis of data from... More »
Black and Hispanic patients with end-stage renal disease caused by lupus nephritis were 27% less likely to receive pre-ESRD care than were their white... More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to support proposed recommendations for use of t... More »
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the antibacterial drug ceftazidime- avibactam (Avycaz) on Feb. 25 for complicated intra-abdominal infect... More »
The American College of Surgeons’ NSQIP surgical risk calculator was effective for evaluating patients at average surgical risk undergoing laparosco... More »
ORLANDO – Bicalutamide significantly improved overall survival of men with locally advanced, nonmetastatic prostate cancer, but offered no additiona... More »
For asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts discovered incidentally on abdominal imaging, surgery is warranted only if both a solid component and a d... More »
The estimated 453,000 infections and 29,300 deaths caused by Clostridium difficile in the United States in 2011 underline the importance of appropriat... More »
The Clostridium difficile bacterium resulted in nearly 500,000 infections and 29,000 deaths in the United States in 2011, Dr. Fernanda C. Lessa and he... More »