April 2nd 2025
A mail campaign targeting adults with chronic conditions as well as their GPs increased the number receiving at least 1 shot by 9.5 percentage points.
Kids With Asthma Lose Fewer School Days on Leukotriene Antagonist
February 15th 2007MELBOURNE, Australia -- For children with intermittent asthma, a short course of Singulair (montelukast), a leukotriene antagonist, given at the first sign of an episode may reduce acute care visits, reported Australian investigators.
Partial Immunity to H5N1 Flu Possible in Some
February 13th 2007MEMPHIS -- Some people may have at least a partial immunity to the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to researchers here, but while that might limit the virulence of the disease, it would probably not prevent infection.
Growth Factors Associated with Neutrophil Function
February 8th 2007CINCINNATI -- Antimicrobial functions of neutrophils are impaired in patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a rare condition, because of the auto-antibodies to growth factors that are associated with the disease, according to researchers here.
Predictive HCV Index Could Spare Biopsy for a Third of Fibrotic Patients
February 2nd 2007TOTTORI, Japan -- A third of patients with hepatitis C infections and hepatic fibrosis could be spared liver biopsies by the use of a new index that predicts significant fibrosis with three blood tests, according to researchers here.
CDC Rates Flu Pandemics on Killing Power, with Category Five the Worst
February 1st 2007ATLANTA -- Much like the power of hurricanes, future influenza pandemics will be rated on a demonstrated case fatality rate as they spread to shore, with a scale of increasingly drastic recommended defenses, the CDC said today.
The AIDS Reader: From the Editor's Desk
February 1st 2007From the Editor's Desk: In This Month's IssueThis month, you will find a report of the results of a clinical trial evaluating HIV infection in our Latino population. Although clinical trial write-ups are rarely published in The AIDS Reader–which instead prefers to provide reviews that help explain the relevance of clinical research to practice–an article drawing attention to the problem of HIV infection and its management in this ethnic minority is of increasing importance in clinical care.
Off the Wires: Psychological Resources, Home HIV Screening
February 1st 2007The investigators employed the HIV Epidemiological Research Study, a longitudinal prospective cohort study, along with semiannual interview, physical examination, and laboratory assays. They recruited 773 HIV-positive women aged 16 to 55 years from 4 academic medical facilities in Baltimore; Bronx, New York; Providence, RI; and Detroit.
Editorial Comment: Foreign-born Latinos With HIV/AIDS–Improving Clinical Care
February 1st 2007Although the observations of del Rio and colleagues1 stemming from their study of foreign-born, HIV-infected Latinos are limited to a certain geographic area, their findings should stimulate further research to better understand and provide better health care to ethnic and minority groups living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Blastoschizomyces capitatus infection in an immunocompetent man
February 1st 2007Blastoschizomyces capitatus is an emerging pathogen that causes infection primarily in patients who have immune system dysfunction. The author reports a case of pulmonary blastoschizomycosis in an immunocompetent man who was successfully treated with voriconazole.