Breast Cancer and the Use of Statins; Warnings Issued for IBS Drugs; FDA Actions.
With the muscle of an international cooperative group research network and expanded collaboration, confirmatory trials have been increasingly contemporaneously launched or provided important data in a timely fashion to help solidify important issues in the care of our patients.
The use of CEE conferred protection against fracture without an increase in breast cancer but with an increased risk of hypertension, stroke, and venous thromboembolism.
A cluster of hemodialysis patients with West Nile virus (WNV) infections suggests possible transmission of the emerging virus in a dialysis center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. However, the epidemiologic investigation was inconclusive in determining a source of infection.
While much of the recently reported infection control problems in ambulatory care have centered on viral hepatitis and reused needles, there may be a comparable level of bacterial infections occurring that are more difficult to detect, investigators report.
Ninety-three percent of sputum isolates from a single long-term care facility were resistant to quinolones. Epidemiologic study showed an association with prior receipt of levofloxacin.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has created a toolkit on improving influenza vaccination rates in heath care workers.
