A cluster of serious Streptococcus endophthalmitis eye infections have been reported in Miami, Florida after patients received repackaged Avastatin (bevacizumab) intravitreal injections (eye injections), the FDA announced. The Food and Drug Administrat…
Intravenous viral therapy has been shown to consistently infect tumors without damaging healthy human tissue, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Nature. The authors say this is the first trial to test viral therapy on humans with ca…
Following the conclusion to the three-part weekly series of articles on the “state of the art” in health policy and systems research, published in the PLoS Medicine (9, 16, and 23 August 2011), Sara Bennett of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Publ…
In a publication of this week’s PLoS Medicine, researchers report that in dengue-endemic areas such as South-East Asia, contrary to previous beliefs, those living in rural areas have a higher risk of becoming infected with dengue fever than those livin…
The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 36 ounces or about 450 calories from sugary beverages a week, but a new study taking a look at the impact of sugar intake stemming from regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, f…
Research conducted by Linus Bengtsson and fellow researchers from the Karonlinska Institute in Sweden and Columbia University in the USA revealed that mobile phone positioning data could be beneficial to monitor individual’s movements during disasters …
Health officials from Lake County Health Department, Florida, have confirmed that an 80-year old woman who lived locally and had visited California died of H1N1 Swine Flu. Since the start of the influenza H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the virus strain that wa…
About 300,000 women in the United States have their breasts surgically enlarged each year and worldwide, 5 to 10 million women have such breast implant procedures. Back in 2006, the FDA approved Allergan and Mentor silicone gel filled breast implants …
Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that enters the body through the lungs, and individuals living in Ohio River Valley have probably heard about it. Usually connected with pulmonary disease, if left untreated histoplasmosis can also lead to loss of v…
In an already controversial industry, the recent uncovering of a porn actor’s positive HIV test has again sparked the debate over mandatory condom use in X-rated productions. The HIV positive test comes from the August 2nd the Free Speech Coalition da…
