על פי דיווח מוואלה בריאות/הארץ עולה כי לקראת ההחלטה שכפי הנראה קרבה ובאה לחסן את כלל האוכלוסיה צצות מס’ בעיות. ראשית, ההערכה היא שכ- 750

A panel of experts has approved new rules aimed at improving safety for living donors of partial livers for transplantation performed in New York state.

Quadruple therapy is still the most effective for Helicobacter pylori, but triple therapy with a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI), amoxicillin, and clarithromycin is about as effective,

Researchers in India have noted a higher incidence of gastrointestinal aspiration significantly correlated with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). Glucostix reagent strip and methylene blue

In a prospective study of patients at 17 tertiary care centers, acetaminophen overdose was the most common cause of acute liver failure, the US Acute

Supplementing critically ill surgical patients with antioxidant vitamins C and E reduced risk of organ failure, ventilator support, and length of intensive care unit (ICU)

A Canadian public-health initiative to enrich cereal grain foods with folic acid has halved the prevalence of neural-tube defects among both unborn and newborn children.

Zinc enhances the efficacy of oral rehydration salts (ORS) by reducing the severity of acute diarrhea without increasing vomiting or decreasing ORS intake, according to

דווקא ממדסקייפ האמריקאי (באתר משרד הבריאות לא מצאנו שום זכר למידע זה) אנו מקבלים דיווח על כך שמשרד הבריאות הישראלי הודיע שעד כה 4 מקרים

Patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and HIV, with evidence of immunosuppression, have a poorer response to interferon-alfa therapy than patients who are only

Professional soccer players in Italy are unusually prone to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and tumours of the digestive tract, according to the results of a

After screening 50,000 compounds using a high-through-put assay, Dr. Alan S. Verkman and associates have identified a thiazolidinone inhibitor of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance

Data managers and patients would benefit from an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to the informed consent process in clinical trials, according to a report in the

When used with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), long-term methotrexate therapy appears to cause liver abnormalities in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), according to a

בצעד יוצא דופן מפרסמת היום מועצת הבריאות מודעה בעתונות לפיה היא קוראת לשר הבריאות להקצות 270 מיל’ ש”ח לעדכון סל הבריאות לצורך הוספה של תרופות

Federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want physicians to be aware that medications prepared by a compounding pharmacy may

Federal health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) want physicians to be aware that medications prepared by a compounding pharmacy may

Men coinfected with HIV-1 and with hepatitis B virus (HBV), particularly those with low CD4 nadir counts, are at an increased risk of liver-related mortality

Men coinfected with HIV-1 and with hepatitis B virus (HBV), particularly those with low CD4 nadir counts, are at an increased risk of liver-related mortality

In the future, local endoscopic therapy may replace radical resection as the recommended treatment for early Barrett’s esophageal cancer, findings from a new study suggest.