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The use of any medication during pregnancy is a concern for both the patient and physician because of the potential that the agent may have unanticipated effects on the fetus.
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In this issue: Calcium supplements and MI; birth control pills and VTE; ACE inhibitors and breast cancer risk; spending on pharmaceuticals; and FDA actions.
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Approximately 108,000 ethnic Nepalese people were forced to move from their long-standing homes in Bhutan in the 1990s and have since been living within refugee camps in Nepal. Since 2008, approximately 30,000 Bhutanese refugees have resettled in the United States, and more are expected to follow.
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Two children were diagnosed with japanese encephalitis (JE) in the United States in July 2010. The first child, aged 11 years, had onset of fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, and neck pain 4 days after returning from a 21-day trip visiting relatives in the Philippines.
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The numbers of households with pets, both traditional such as dogs and cats, as well as exotic pets, are increasing in many countries across the world. In addition, data obtained from media sources note a trend in the percentage of these pets sleeping in, or on, the owner's bed.
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Tropical Medicine Specialists Jan Clerinx and Alfons Van Gompel from Belgium provide a practical review of current knowledge about schistosomiasis as it relates to travelers and migrants, including good images of parasite lifestyle, maps, parasite eggs, and 223 references.
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High sensitivity C-reactive protein may be useful in acute viral or idiopathic pericarditis for establishing the diagnosis, determining the duration of therapy, and suggesting when to escalate therapy.
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It has been speculated that children growing up in an overly clean, suburban environment may experience greater atopy and asthma than children growing up in the inner city or on a farm.
