ICU care improves survival without raising costs

Compared with care on a general hospital ward, ICU care improved survival without raising costs significantly in a study of more than 1 million Medicare patients hospitalized with pneumonia,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics
Type: News Item

DCIS recurrences have declined significantly

Recurrence rates of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS ) have declined significantly over 3 decades, with the improvements likely because of better screening and pathologic assessment, investigators...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

DCIS recurrences have declined significantly

Recurrence rates of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS ) have declined significantly over 3 decades, with the improvements likely because of better screening and pathologic assessment, investigators...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology
Type: News Item

Summary of Public health threats, CDTR week 38/201521 Sep 2015

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 13 to 19 September 2015 and includes updates on West Nile fever, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and MERS. --... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases
Type: News Item

Diabetic foot ulcer: Early closure post debridement best

SAN DIEGO – Early wound closure prior to hospital discharge after surgical debridement of infected diabetic foot ulcers yields higher ulcer healing rates and a shorter time to healing, compared with...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Aspirin, hydrochlorothiazide okay in gout

It’s okay in most cases for gout patients to be on thiazide diuretics or low-dose aspirin, so long as hypouricemic therapy is adjusted as needed, according to rheumatologist and Cleveland Clinic...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology
Type: News Item

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