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At the 59th annual meeting of the american society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 3-7, 2011, Dr. Paul Arguin, head of the Domestic Malaria Unit, presented Malaria Updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Routine lead screening of a 1-year-old u.s.-born son of Cambodian immigrants living in New York revealed an elevated blood lead level (10 mcg/dL).
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Although undeniably useful, gram stains have become less accessible to physicians in an era when clinicians go to the laboratory infrequently to view specimens and hospital laboratories move off-site. This brief report describes a Honolulu hospital's approach to this problem.
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On Oct. 27, 2010, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved updated recommendations for the use of quadrivalent (serogroup A, C, Y, and W-135) meningococcal conjugated vaccines (Menveo®, Novartis; and Menactra®, Sanofi Pasteur) for adolescents and persons with high risk for meningococcal disease.
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In this issue: Escitalopram for menopausal hot flashes, rifaximin for IBS without constipation, herpes zoster vaccination, antiepileptics drugs and fracture risk, and FDA Actions.
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To investigate the natural history of alcohol intake in women after age 50, two randomly sampled, nationally representative large cohorts of older women initially between the ages of 50 and 65 were followed with biannual questionnaires for concurrent 8-10 year periods.
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Two cases were reported in this paper. the first case was a 52-year-old wildlife biologist who went deer hunting in Virginia in November 2008.
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In this study, 2,499 hiv-seronegative men or transgender females who have sex with men (MSM) were randomized to daily TDF/FTC vs. placebo in a multicenter, controlled trial with clinical sites in North America, Latin America, Thailand, and Africa.
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On December 11, 2009, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) began an investigation into two secondary cases of meningococcal disease following occupational exposure to an unconscious adult.
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In areas of limited maternal care across Africa, obstructed labor leads to stillbirth and necrosis of maternal tissues.