Objective To compare the occurrence of chickenpox in children with cancer who received varicella immunoglobulin (VZIG) or aciclovir as postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). Design Prospective multicentre … [+1468 chars]
<li>Contributors JMG acquired data, wrote the first manuscript draft and approved the final submitted draft. MNC acquired data, revised the manuscript and approved the final submitted draft. MJO cond… [+1119 chars]
Patients who received true acupuncture had headaches decrease from 20 days to 7 days per month, while those who received superficial acupuncture saw a decrease from 23 days to 12 days per month. A n… [+3706 chars]
by Alex Whiting Prevention and the HPV vaccine is helping to reduce the numbers of women dying with cervical cancer but new portable screening kits and new types of lab tests will improve diagnosis … [+6687 chars]
Vasculitis is an inflammatory process that affects blood vessel walls, subsequently causing transmural damage and compromising vessel integrity. The damage affects both vessel integrity and luminal s… [+9915 chars]
It's long been the fear of public health experts that our interconnected world would enable one virulent disease to spread quickly, with devastating effects across the globe. That fear came to pass … [+140 chars]
If you want to avoid feeling fatigued, making sure you include lots of sources of iron in your diet is really important. This is because iron is a vital mineral that the body needs to make hemoglobin… [+7874 chars]
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) constitutes about 2% of all adult malignancies and is the most common malignant renal neoplasm with bony metastases occurring in up to 50% of patients with RCC. In this cas… [+6788 chars]
Oral contraceptive use and hormone therapy were associated with an increased risk for stroke, according to study findings published in Stroke. “Women should be aware of the side effects [of oral con… [+2725 chars]
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral respiratory tract infection responsible for numerous thrombotic events of the major vessels in the human body, most notably deep vein thrombosis (DVT) a… [+8101 chars]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Every 3.5 minutes, someone dies of stroke. The CDC adds, "Every year, more t… [+6590 chars]
Deputy Chairwoman of the Peoples Committee of District 4 Do Thi Truc Mai said that by end of June, the district recorded 220 dengue fever cases, increasing 100 percent over the same period last year.… [+843 chars]
