Results from a retrospective cohort study demonstrated the safety of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention that uses guideline-directed beta-lactam antibiotic test-dose procedures in hospitalized ...

Johnson & Johnson is confident that it has a one-dose knockout vaccine that can protect against COVID-19, but it’s now starting a late-stage two-dose test just in case. The Big Pharma’s vaccine, ...

Use of low-dose aspirin prior to a newer type of fecal occult blood test is associated with a higher sensitivity for detecting advanced colorectal tumors, compared to no aspirin use, according to a ...

Pfizer and BioNTech are testing a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine in an ongoing trial of children ages 6 months to under 5 years after the companies found that the two-dose regimen didn’t ...

October 16, 2009 — Anaphylactic reactions, including fatalities, have been reported after parenteral administration of iron dextran injection (Dexferrum), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ...

Pfizer announced Friday that it wants to test a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the under-fives, as the low dosage such small children can handle may not offer the same protection that older ...

A dexamethasone suppression test is primarily used to help diagnose Cushing syndrome. Cushing syndrome indicates that you have an abnormally high level of cortisol. Cortisol is a steroid hormone ...

Is This the Right Drug for Me? Doc, what can you tell me about pharmacogenetics? If you pose that question to your physician, you want to find out whether a medication you're taking (or are about to ...

Information is critical when it comes to the coronavirus vaccines, and it can sometimes be challenging to find the answers to your specific questions. Our resident Dr. Frank McGeorge is here to help, ...

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) in children remains an unavoidable treatment for several haematological diseases including severe acute leukaemia, myelodysplastic syndromes, aplastic ...

Drug users who test their drugs and discover fentanyl are 10 times more likely to reduce their dose, raising the possibility that making such tests widely available could reduce overdoses. That is one ...