Fake medicines are a serious threat to public health due to their growing involvement in the medical supply chain. But organizations across the world are working to stymie trafficking of these illegal and dangerous drugs.
There is some debate among immunologists as to whetherIG therapy prescribed to treat adults diagnosed with immunedeficiencies should be temporarily halted to determine its necessity.Here, two experts present their sides of the issue.
IG is being successfully studied to treat more diseases than ever before, especially for hematological, neurological and autoimmune conditions.
Studies that examine the relationships between therapeutic doses of IG, trough IgG levels and infection rates shed new light on how IG replacement therapy should be prescribed for individuals.
From genetic assessment and prediction modeling to the study of genetics and genomics and the formulation of palliative care and self-management plans, the search for better cancer treatment and care is progressing rapidly.
Treatment for this difficult-to-diagnose form of hemophilia has to be individualized for each patient, but the prognosis is often good.
Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. due simply to ignorance about its symptoms, but that can change by separating the myths about the disease from the facts.
An adjuvanted influenza vaccine to protect the young and elderly may be just around the corner in the U.S.
Imagine a plague that wipes out the entire population of Chicago. Implausible? Without vaccines, that’s the number of people — three million to be specific — who would die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Despite international concern over Fukushima’s nuclear accident, comparing it with the 1986 accident in Chernobyl reveals that immediate medical intervention is not needed. However, if it were, techniques are available to counteract the radiation’s effects.
Misconceptions about fibromyalgia have thrived since the early 1800s, but today it is recognized as a medical condition that is becoming more widely accepted and understood.
