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In response to ongoing measles outbreaks due to imported cases, the Centers for Disease and Prevention issued an April 2, 2008, health advisory that includes the following key points:
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Epidemiologists applying social networking theory in simulated disease transmission models are finding that a hospital may be able to target interventions to protect patients against flu and other diseases.
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As the USA300 strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) increasingly besieges hospitals and displaces traditional nosocomial strains the widely held perception is that patient outcomes are going to suffer.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is actively investigating the issue of Clostridium difficile in retail meat, and for apparently the first time has published concerns about the issue as a possible cause for unexplained C. diff cases in the community.
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Infection control professionals should heighten suspicion for measles and know the immune status of health care workers after a literal rash of imported cases nationally has resulted in nosocomial transmission to patients and considerable chaos at hospitals.
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The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a randomized controlled trial which is evaluating cancer and disease risk among healthy menopausal women aged 50-79 years.
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FDA drug approval to change? Urinary incontinence in women; how metabolism of certain drugs can be predicted by genetic analysis; bowel preps may compromise renal function especially in the elderly according to a new study; FDA Actions.
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For premenopausal ER+ breast cancer patients receiving CMF chemotherapy in an adjuvant setting, the presence of anemia during treatment was found to be a significant risk factor for the development of local recurrence.
