A growing number of American parents are refusing standard newborn medical interventions that go well beyond childhood vaccines, including vitamin K injections and antibiotic eye ointment. A ...
Patients with uveitis exhibited lower risk for TB with adalimumab therapy, though the risk was not completely eliminated.
In pregnant women testing negative for HIV, second-trimester preexposure prophylaxis with the dapivirine vaginal ring or oral tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine is safe.
Pharmacy students in the U.S. show limited knowledge of HIV prophylaxis, especially PEP, due to inadequate assessment tools. Pharmacists are pivotal in HIV prevention, but their knowledge of PrEP and ...
Cancer patients face a high risk for infection when undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), particularly during the period of neutropenia. In this high-risk ...
The effectiveness of platelet transfusions to prevent bleeding in patients with hematologic cancers remains unclear. This trial assessed whether a policy of not giving prophylactic platelet ...
Emicizumab (ACE910) bridges activated factor IX and factor X to restore the function of activated factor VIII, which is deficient in persons with hemophilia A. This phase 3, multicenter trial assessed ...