Say “I love you” with flowers, chocolates or a greeting card, but be careful when you kiss this Valentine’s Day. “Mid-February is usually the peak season for infectious diseases, such as the seasonal and H1N1 flu, mononucleosis, colds and coughs,” says Jorge Parada, MD, medical…

A look at factors associated with vaccine’s low rate of adoption

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that asymptomatic people at high risk for lung cancer be screened annually with low-dose computed tomography (Grade B recommendation). 

Laurent Papazian, M.D., Ph.D., of Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether statin therapy decreased day-28 mortality among intensive care unit patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.

In a study that included more than 10,000 men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer, use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was associated with a significantly increased risk of acute kidney injury, with variations observed with certain types of ADTs, according to a study in the July…

Hyperuricemia, although associated with higher risks for cardiovascular disease and hypertension, is likely not a causal factor, but a confounder associated with higher body mass index, according to a BMJ study.

  The following information from IDCU is being referred for your attention    We would like to bring to your attention information regarding Novel corona virus or as now called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS). 

Genetic insulin secretion defect linked to rapid onset of type 2 diabetes after birth   Women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future, according to a recent study accepted for publication…

How Australia and other developed countries have ended up in their current predicament of infections showing increasing resistance to antibiotics is addressed in a session at the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Gram Negative Superbug meeting on the Gold Coast.

Older patients with head and neck cancers have higher survival rates when treated at high-volume hospitals and dedicated cancer centers, study found   A study of older patients with advanced head and neck cancers has found that where they were treated significantly influenced their survival….

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have pinpointed a site in a highly developed area of the human brain that plays an important role in the subconscious recognition of which way is straight up and which way is down. The finding, described online in the journal…

There’s no question that high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)—seem to be protective against heart disease. Rather than depositing fat into the blood vessels the way the “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein (LDL)) does, HDL appears to carry cholesterol away from blood vessels to the liver….