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EEOC Allows Health Benefits Shift at 65
Jeudi 27 Décembre 2007 - 08:26 - 11 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 24 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) WASHINGTON -- Employers can reduce their health insurance expenses for retired workers once they turn 65 and qualify for Medicare, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has affirmed. |
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Efavirenz May Be Best Initial Treatment of HIV-1 Infection
Jeudi 15 Mai 2008 - 14:00 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Medscape HIV AIDS Patients given efavirenz plus 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors were less likely to have virologic failure than those given lopinavir-ritonavir. Medscape Medical News |
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Recurrent Bacteremia in a 73-Year-Old Woman
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 09:00 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Medscape HIV AIDS An elderly woman presents to the ED with fever, chills, and night sweats. The patient was recently hospitalized for hematochezia and fever; blood and urine cultures at that time showed evidence of bacteremia, and she was therefore treated with a course of levofloxacin. Over the past 24 hours, the fever and chills have returned. Her past medical history includes aortobifemoral bypass graft surgery and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. What is the diagnosis? eMedicine Case Presentations |
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Bivalirudin during Primary PCI in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin Bivalirudin is a direct thrombin inhibitor. As compared with a combination of heparin and a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, bivalirudin use resulted in less bleeding and lower 30-day mortality among patients undergoing PCI for acute myocardial infarction. However, bivalirudin was associated with a higher rate of acute stent thrombosis within 24 hours. |
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SPECIAL ARTICLE: The Collective Dynamics of Smoking in a Large Social Network
Mercredi 21 Mai 2008 - 06:55 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States over the past 30 years. This article examines the extent of person-to-person spread of smoking behavior and the extent to which groups of widely connected people quit together. Smoking behavior spreads through close and distant social ties, groups of interconnected people quit in concert, and smokers are increasingly marginalized socially. |
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L’ours en hibernation perd son gras mais pas ses muscles
Jeudi 15 Mai 2008 - 07:32 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Que le gras, pas les muscles : grâce à la production d’un puissant inhibiteur de dégradation des protéines, les ours en hibernation conservent leur masse musculaire. |
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Bientôt un vaccin contre l’hypertension ?
Lundi 17 Mars 2008 - 09:37 - 8 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Une société pharmaceutique suisse a mis au point un vaccin contre l’hypertension, un premier essai clinique a donné des résultats satisfaisants mais il reste des problèmes de tolérance à long terme à résoudre. |
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E-Prescription Firm Receives a Political Boost
Dimanche 09 Décembre 2007 - 22:00 - 11 mois, 3 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) An Alexandria company is hoping that recent political developments may help its mission to make the barely legible doctor's prescription a thing of the past. |
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Drive to Keep Going
Vendredi 07 Décembre 2007 - 22:00 - 11 mois, 4 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) The ride in Betty Lee Thatcher's snazzy red Volkswagen Beetle was short and uneventful. But it meant everything to Patricia LaRue. |
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Scientific American Magazine: Hoyle on Matter -- Our Readers? -- Killing Beauty
Dimanche 16 Mars 2008 - 22:00 - 8 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 24 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American APRIL 1958 |
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