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As a novel of avian influenza A virus (H7N9) continues to emerge in China there is a cluster suggesting human-to-human transmission may have occurred, an epidemiologist at the World Health Organization reports.
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The state investigative report in a Tulsa dental practice where the first case of hepatitis C virus transmission between patients occurred found some extraordinary lapses in the sterilization protocols for used instruments.
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An Oklahoma Board of Dentistry report1 on the findings and resulting allegations against the dental practice of Wayne Scott Harrington, DMD in Tulsa, included these key points summarized.
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The index case of hepatitis C virus (HCV) that triggered a massive testing effort of patients in a Tulsa, OK dental practice rife with infection control failings appears to be the first documented case of HCV infection via cross-transmission between patients in a dental office, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has learned.
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In an epidemiological evaluation of acute myeloid leukemia survival over 3.5 decades, dramatic improvement was demonstrable for younger patients, but not so for the elderly.
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There has been much written recently about the association of diabetes and cancer.
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Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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Medications for Risk Reduction of Breast Cancer in Women
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In a retrospective review of 2276 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated on one of three consecutive Phase 3 studies using non-age based, standard intensive chemotherapy conducted by the Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group between 1995 and 2005, there was a significant decline in overall survival in patients aged ≥ 50 years when compared to those < 50 years.