According to new information from a Chinese patient cohort, the fatality rate may be ‘considerably less than 1%,’ instead of the 2% previously reported, write Anthony Fauci, MD, and colleagues. Medscape Medical News …read more
The task force’s previous guidance recommended screening adults born between 1945 and 1965, but HCV infections have grown almost fourfold in a decade, many of them in younger people. Medscape Medical News …read more
Female academics earn less than their male counterparts, even at the highest ranks of academic medicine, new data showed. Medscape Medical News …read more
Generic pyrimethamine, from Cerovene Inc, is indicated for the treatment of toxoplasmosis when used with a sulfonamide. FDA Approvals …read more
A “just culture” framework that borrows from the system for evaluating medical errors would help trainees and institutions learn from lapses in professionalism, experts said. Medscape Medical News …read more
A new study suggests drinking cow’s milk may increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, but an expert warns that the study is observational and the data should not be over-inflated. Medscape Medical News …read more
School ordered to overhaul procedures for preventing sex discrimination and to conduct a formal review. Associated Press …read more
Questions remain regarding the extent to which the findings support a clinical recommendation. Medscape Medical News …read more
Laparoscopic power morcellation for myomectomy or hysterectomy should only be performed with an approved tissue containment system and only in appropriately selected patients. News Alerts …read more
The federal agency unveiled new ‘rules of the road’ for setting standards for quality care and its oversight of measures to improve patient safety and reduce physician burden. Medscape Medical News …read more