Stat Consult: Influenza in children
A quick review of influenza A and influenza B viruses in children, providing information on the infections’ epidemiology and associated complciations, as well as tips for diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Androgen-deprivation plus radiation may improve prostate cancer survival
Research suggests that androgen-deprivation therapy improves survival when added to radiotherapy in men with locally advanced, stage T3 or T4 prostate cancer or with prostate cancer with high metastatic risk.
Vitamin D decreases all-cause mortality in elderly women with insufficiency
Studies have suggested that vitamin D supplementation may reduce cancer and cardiovascular disease, but evidence for the effects of supplementation on mortality has been inconsistent.
Exemestane may reduce breast-cancer risk without adverse effects
The aromatase inhibitor exemestane (Aromasin) may reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in at-risk postmenopausal women.
Isoniazid TB prohpylaxis: 36 months more effective than six months
For HIV-infected adults with a positive tuberculin skin test, TB Prophylaxis with isoniazid for 36 months appears more effective than for six months.
Corticosteroid benefit uncertain in hospitalized pneumonia patients
A review of recent clinical trials reveals the benefits of corticosteroids in adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia remain uncertain.
New option for those starting HIV therapy
Rilpivirine, a diarylpyrimidine non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor of HIV-1, approved for use in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in treatment-naïve adult patients.
Blood thinner for treatment of ACS
Ticagrelor significantly reduced the rate of cardiovascular death, MI or stroke compared with clopidogrel in a clinical trial.
Step up, speak out — for your own sake
Politics, laws, rules and regulations are the very core of what drives what clinicians can and can’t do; it determines reimbursement and therefore your salary. To be blissfully unaware is lazy. To be aware and completely uninvolved is just shameful.
Making contraceptive vaginal-ring insertion easy
A nurse offers advice for patients that are unsure how to properly place the contraceptive vaginal ring.
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