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Even HIV-infected individuals who have the greatest challenges in adhering to their antiretroviral therapy (ART) can achieve high adherence on a regimen of one pill taken daily, research shows.
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A group of investigators in France undertook an exhaustive review of bedbugs and found evidence of them in the tombs of Egypt 3,500 years ago.
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The latest iteration of the CDC guidelines on the treatment of STDs was finally published at the end of 2010 after finishing a process that began in 2008.
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Thrombosis of prosthetic heart valves is one of the most feared complications of heart-valve replacement.
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Uric acid as a weak organic acid (pka 5.8) is poorly soluble at physiological pH. It presence in serum is derived both from diet and endogenous biosynthesis, and it is excreted primarily by renal (75%) mechanisms under normal circumstances.
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Physicians may not be able to rely upon their clinical laboratory to accurately report the neutrophil "band count."
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Early plasmapheresis and high-dose intravenous corticosteroids may be as effective as conventional oral corticosteroid therapy in the treatment of myasthenia gravis.
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This observational study found a large reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections compared to historical controls for surgical ICU patients bathed daily with chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated cloths.
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Obesity currently is the nation's greatest public health challenge. Serious chronic disorders are rising rapidly among children, teens, and young adults.