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Nail Disorders Paronychia infections of the nail fold can be caused by bacteria, fungi and some viruses. The proximal and lateral nail folds act as a barrier, or seal, between the nail plate and the surrounding tissue.  If a tear or a break occurs in this seal, the bacterium can easily enter.  this type of [...]

Randomized Clinical Trial of Co-amoxiclav Versus No Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Varicose Vein Surgery Are prophylactic antibiotics helpful in patients undergoing varicose vein surgery? To answer this question, the investigators randomly assigned 443 patients (600 legs) to a prophylactic group (n = 219) or a control group (n = 224), with wound infection as the major [...]

Children with chronic kidney disease have a high prevalence of masked hypertension, often in association with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), research findings indicate.  Therefore, these children should have early echocardiography and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to evaluate their cardiovascular risk, the investigators advise.  As they report online in the Journal of the American Society of [...]

Mastectomy is not being overused in women with breast cancer, as is commonly thought, according to a study published in the October 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, which found that about 75% of patients surveyed received breast-conserving surgery (BCS) as initial treatment. “Most surgeons in 2 large diverse urban regions [...]

For many women, hair loss can be very difficult to deal with.  More »

The typical dose of a medication considered pivotal in treating tuberculosis effectively is much too low to account for modern-day physiques, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers said. The finding, reported online and in the August edition of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, is particularly important for those living in societies plagued by obesity, said Dr. Tawanda [...]

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight may be associated with the development of certain autoimmune diseases, particularly in women, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health.  More »

More than 40 percent of the 120 million visits that Americans made to hospital emergency departments in 2006 were billed to public insurance, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  More »

With a novel therapeutic delivery system, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has successfully targeted a protein that is over-expressed in ovarian cancer cells. Using the EphA2 protein as a molecular homing mechanism, chemotherapy was delivered in a highly selective manner in preclinical models of [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Avastin last month for the treatment of brain cancer. The powerful drug shrinks tumors by choking off their blood supply. However, about fifty percent of patients don’t respond to the therapy, exposing them to unnecessary side effects and medication costing up to ,000 per month. [...]