Efficacy is similar for anti-fungal prophylaxis during induction chemotherapy with liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) or combined fluconazole/itraconazole (F+I) in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia and

הנחיות מטעם המועצה הלאומית לגריאטריה, משרד הבריאות. פעילות גופנית,תאונות דרכים, תזונה נכונה, המנעות מעישון ואלכוהול, נפילות, מניעת מתח נפשי, חיסונים, טיפול תרופתי, גילוי מוקדם של

As the Bush Administration’s national smallpox vaccination plan began Friday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson told US mayors that the administration will

GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK; London), announced today that they have received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) for Seretide

Targeted mass antibiotic treatment for an outbreak of syphilis is feasible but the experience of Canadian clinicians indicates it should not be done routinely.  Reacting

Recombinant human interleukin II has been found to reduce the frequency and severity of bacteraemia in patients with haemological malignancies undergoing chemotherapy, according to results

Aspirin tolerant and aspirin intolerant asthmatics both appear to show the same clinical response when using the leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast. Although most asthma patients

Results of a study published in the January issue of Thorax suggest that impaired interferon (IFN)-gamma production contributes to susceptibility to Legionella pneumophila infection. “L.

The development of HIV protease inhibitor (PI)-related atherosclerosis may be a direct consequence of increased accumulation of cholesteryl ester in macrophages, rather than secondary to

The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), while not decreasing the 5- to 10-fold increased risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma in patients infected with HIV,

Adolescents who experiment with cannabis from an early age are more likely to use other illegal drugs later in life and have an increased risk

ד”ר ירמיהו הייניק הושעה בעקבות תלונת מנהל בית החולים; ראש העיריה, שהחליט על הצעד: זו הפרת חובת הציות להוראות הממונים; בא כוחו של הרופא: החלטה

It may not be possible to differentiate the early clinical features of neonatal herpes simplex encephalitis from non-accidental injury.  Relapsing herpes simplex encephalitis may also

Routine screening for interstitial lung disease (ILD) is critical for patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM), even those who are seronegative for the anti-Jo-1

בכנס שהתקיים ב- 9/1 בב”יח שיבא השתתפו אמנם נציגי רוב המפלגות, שר הבריאות ובכירים ממערכת הבריאות. למרות זאת, התחושה הכללית, כפי שמתאר חיים שדמי מהארץ

Routine imaging studies in young children after a first febrile urinary tract infection appear to be of little clinical value, a multi-centre study in the

Chlamydia screening of all women seeking termination of pregnancy at British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) branches is feasible and could bring significant benefits to patients,

Resistance to anti-malarial drugs pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine has risen so high that the drugs can no longer be relied on as routine therapies for travellers.

In children with AIDS and severe immunodeficiency, the immune system can still recover if there is a response to long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART),

A new polymerase chain reaction tool for the early diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis is fast and accurate, say clinicians. Researchers, from multiple centres in the