Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Q&A on hepatitis C epidemic in Appalachian states

A recent study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that hepatitis C cases across four Appalachian states—Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia—more than tripled between 2006 ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Tauvid receives approval for tau pathology imaging

(HealthDay)—Tauvid (flortaucipir F18), a radioactive diagnostic agent, was approved to image tau pathology in patients with cognitive impairment being evaluated for Alzheimer disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The effectiveness of antibiotics in treating cholera

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, co-ordinated through the editorial base in LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs, published in The Cochrane ...

Oncology & Cancer

Helping patients navigate new cancer drugs

As cancer treatment in pill form transforms how care is delivered, a new Michigan State University study underscores the challenges patients face in administering their own chemotherapy outside the supervised environment ...

HIV & AIDS

Cultural sensitivities obstacle at UN AIDS conference

No one at the high-level United Nations conference devoted to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 denies serious scientific and financial challenges remain, but cultural sensitivities may prove the toughest stumbling block on ...

Medications

FDA takes action to ease neonatal drug shortage

(AP)—Federal health regulators will allow overseas imports of a critical intravenous drug formula used to nourish premature infants, amid a shortage that has impacted hospitals nationwide.

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