A systematic review suggests using either cefazolin alone before surgical incision or an extended-spectrum regimen after cord clamp to reduce postcesarean maternal infection. Medscape Medical News
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (MedPage Today) — Colorectal cancer screening rates went up after Medicare began covering the tests in 1998, but racial disparities remain, a cross-sectional study showed.
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Lack of access to adequate women’s health care puts rural women in the US at a greatly increased risk of poor health outcomes compared with women in urban areas.
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KMR GROUP, a firm analyzing biopharmaceutical R&D performance, announces the launch of a Biologics R&D Study to assess recent developments in biologics, including monoclonal antibodies and recombinant proteins, with a focus on the successes and challenges across the research & development spectrum. The benchmarking study, beginning this spring, will encompass biologics capability through technology [...]
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High-flux hemodialysis (which removes large toxins) reduces the risk of premature death in many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN).
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A new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found that gene therapy can be developed as a safe and active technique to combat HIV.
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There may be a new way to predict mortality in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a devastating disease that slowly petrifies the lungs.
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Shire plc has announced that it has signed an agreement with UCB to acquire the worldwide rights to EQUASYM IR and XL (methylphenidate hydrochloride) (excluding the USA, Canada and Barbados) used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
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Bariatric surgeons at Central Baptist Hospital made U.S. medical history Feb. 16 by performing a groundbreaking bariatric procedure to decrease the capacity of a patient’s stomach without making a single incision into her body.
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Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new tool that makes it possible to study the signals in the body that control the generation of blood vessels.
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