New data reported today at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 32nd Critical Care Congress suggest that intrapleural streptokinase treatment can help manage complicated parapneumonic

ע”פ מחקר שנעשה לאחרונה בספרד ,על מנת לייעל טיפול בחולים  בcommunity acquired pneumoniaעם אינטובציה , יש לתת טיפול בצורה נסיונית עבור pseudomonas ו legionella עוד בזמן

אתר ‘ואללה’ בריאות מפרסם כתבה המבוססת על תחקיר ידיעות אחרונות באשר ליכולת חיזוק המערכת החיסונית של התכשיר “חיזוקית” המיוצר ומשווק ע”י חברת הדס. על פי

Diabetic children with treated asthma experience significantly fewer episodes of hypoglycaemia and better glycaemic control than do children with diabetes alone, British researchers report. Investigators

Airlines are dragging their feet in co-operating with a study on whether deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is linked to flying, a leading researcher told Reuters

An Australian man who underwent liver transplantation developed a life-threatening nut allergy apparently transmitted through the donated organ, according to a report published in the

Elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia often present with an acute clinical picture, but the mortality rate is relatively low, Spanish researchers report. These findings, from

AstraZeneca said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, less stringent pregnancy rating for its nebulized asthma drug

 Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) is effective in the treatment of snoring in some patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a report in the January

לרפואה מונעת עלול להיות מחיר בקרב קשישים. פרופ’ מרק קלרפילד מזהיר מפני החלת ממצאים של מחקרים שנעשו בקרב אנשים בריאים או צעירים על אוכלוסייה זו.

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

Many women who successfully stop smoking during pregnancy start again after they give birth, according to a report published in the January issue of the

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

Cetirizine relieves symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis, improves health related quality of life, enhances productivity and reduces the level of impaired activities.  Researchers from Vanderbilt

Inhaled corticosteroids do not decrease bone density in post-menopausal women, according to a study in the January 2003 Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI).

Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) who smoke are three to four times more likely than are never-smokers to incur digital vascular complications, researchers in England

The benefits of beta-blocker use extends to older people, even those with conditions that would lead them to be excluded from enrollment in randomized trials

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

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

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jan 20 – Carbon beam radiotherapy does not result in severe loss of pulmonary function when used to treat stage I