Archive: 09/01/2017
Genitourinary injuries challenge returning US servicemen
Because battlefield medical care has improved throughout the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, many more U.S. servicemen have survived what could have been fatal injuries in the past. This has resulted in many more veterans returning ...
Jan 9, 2017
Fear of diagnostic low-dose radiation exposure is overstated, experts assert
In an article published in the January 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers assert that exposure to medical radiation does not increase a person's risk of getting cancer. The long-held belief that even ...
Jan 9, 2017
Decision pathway issued for patients with irregular heartbeat on anticoagulants
A new document for the management of patients with irregular heartbeats who are on anticoagulation medications—blood thinners—and need surgery, focuses on how and when to temporarily stop these medications, if a substitute ...
Jan 9, 2017
Reducing drug dosage, and hearing loss in TB patients without reducing efficacy
Aminoglycosides, recommended by the World Health Organization to treat multidrug resistant tuberculosis, cause hearing loss and kidney damage in a dose dependent manner. Now, by reducing the dose in a carefully calculated ...
Jan 9, 2017