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Health Professionals View Insurance As Solution in Obesity
Fifty-seven percent perceive improved coverage as a solution to improve outcomes in obese patients
ISDA: Vaccine Might Help Prevent HSV-2 Transmission
Three-dose regimen seems as effective as daily pills, but more research needed
Many Obese Patients Are Lacking Formal Diagnosis
Less than 50 percent of those with a BMI >30 kg/m² have ICD-9 documentation for obesity
College Athletes Report Few Symptoms to Doctors
Report less than 1 percent of symptoms ID'd by smartphone-based ecologic momentary assessment
IDSA: New Treatment Offers Promise for Complicated UTIs
Meropenem-vaborbactam effective against carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
PCI Noninferior to CABG for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
PCI with everolimus-eluting stent noninferior for composite of death, stroke, or MI at three years
IDSA: Cranberry Capsules Don’t Appear to Help Prevent UTIs
In female nursing home residents, no significant effect on bacteriuria plus pyuria over one year
ISDA: U.S. Prevalence of Immunosuppression 2.7 Percent
Prevalence ranged from 1.8 to 3.1 percent; highest among women, whites, those aged 50 to 59 years
IDSA: Experimental Rx May Be Option in Drug-Resistant HIV
'This is potentially a lifesaving therapy,' researcher says
IDSA: Measles Complication SSPE More Common Than Thought
Clinicians to be aware of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
