Archive: 30/10/2013
Early HIV antiviral treatment found to be cost-effective in South Africa, India
early initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-infected individuals with uninfected sexual partners to prevent viral transmission – appears to make economic sense, along with meeting its clinical goals of helping ...
Oct 30, 2013
Silent victims—an epidemic of childhood exposure
Over 15 million children are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) each year, and the health consequences of this exposure are well-documented. The Institute of Medicine and the United States Preventive Services Task ...
Oct 30, 2013
Lowering the cost of health care requires lowering the cost of medical education
The costs of medical education must be reduced as part of efforts to reign in health care costs more generally, according to a Perspective published online this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The currently high ...
Oct 30, 2013
How the Internet affects young people at risk of self-harm or suicide
Oxford researchers have found internet forums provide a support network for socially isolated young people. However, they also conclude that the internet is linked to an increased risk of suicide and self-harm among vulnerable ...
Oct 30, 2013
Scientists call for action to tackle 'alarmingly' low survival of Kenyan women with cervical cancer
Less than 7% of cervical cancer patients in Kenya are getting the optimum treatment needed to eradicate the disease, leading to unnecessary deaths - a study by The University of Manchester scientists reveals.
Oct 30, 2013
Scientists identify molecular signals that rouse dormant HIV infection
Perhaps the single greatest barrier to curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS is the dormant, or "latent," reservoir of virus, which is out of reach of even the most potent medications. But now, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes ...
Oct 30, 2013
Paper guides physicians' disclosure of colleagues' errors
Physicians' disclosure of errors has been studied more in the past decade than ever before, spurring rationales and guidelines for acknowledging one's own mistakes with patients. Relatively little, though, has spoken to how ...
Oct 30, 2013
FDA: Imported spices have double salmonella risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that almost 7 percent of imported spices over a three-year period were contaminated with salmonella.
Oct 30, 2013
Procedural results from the RIBS V trial presented
A clinical trial comparing the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and drug-eluting balloons (DEB) in treating in-stent restenosis (ISR) from bare metal stents found that both techniques yielded positive long term outcomes. ...
Oct 30, 2013