There is no cure for this disease, but with effective treatments, it is no longer a death sentence.
Compared with childhood vaccinations, adult vaccination rates are too low, resulting in thousands of deaths annually from vaccine-preventable diseases.
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer, so it’s important to know the risks of sun exposure and how to protect against harmful rays.
Physicians can expect to experience many changes in the way they practice as provisions of the Affordable Care Act continue to be implemented.
Less-common adverse reactions to IG therapy are rare, but they are more severe.
In April 2013, the first nonactivated four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC; Kcentra, CSL Behring) was approved for urgentVKA reversal in patients with acute major bleeding.
While the incidence of the more deadly form of MRSA is declining, more needs to be understood about this infection so more cases can be prevented and those that occur can be properly diagnosed and successfully treated.
Chinese investigators conducted an observational retrospective case study of inpatients presenting at Guangdong General Hospital with acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) between January 2001 and December 2010.
The results of a pair of landmark trials and a number of smaller studies suggest that use of human albumin as the initial resuscitation fluid in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock can importantly reduce its stubbornly high 30 percent death rate.
Despite its increasing prevalence, autoimmunity is still not categorized as a “disease,” and research to determine its cause remains hindered due to a lack of focus and funding.
Men have higher rates of death from preventable causes than women for many reasons, but research points mainly toward a failure to seek preventive care.
