260 people die each day from dirty hands and dirty instruments! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the health care industry’s own monitoring agencies,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The incidence of invasive fungal infections in very low birthweight neonates is significantly reduced in those given prophylactic bovine lactoferrin, an Italian group reports…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians report in The American Journal of Surgery that a high white blood cell count or low serum sodium level can help diagnose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A “prepandemic” avian influenza A (H5N1) vaccine proved safe and immunogenic in a preliminary clinical trial with children, mirroring the results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of small study suggests that radiotherapy can be safely used to treat prostate cancer in HIV-infected men, having no long-term effect…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treatment with a single dose of PRO 140, a monoclonal antibody targeting the CCR5 chemokine receptor, provides potent and prolonged antiviral activity in…
Two physicians from Seattle Children’s Hospital – Dr. Thomas Hansen, CEO, and Dr. Craig Rubens, Director of the Research Center for Microbial Pathogenesis – talk about their campaign…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children at heightened risk for atopy, common childhood immunization is not associated with an increased risk of more severe eczema or allergic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who use statins prior to hospitalization for pneumonia are less likely to die after discharge than their peers who were not using…