Is your patient really allergic to penicillin? Oral challenge is safe way to find out: studyResearchers used a clinical decision tool to identify patients at low risk of a penicillin allergy before giving an oral challenge. First Board Certified Emergency Medicine Pharmacists graduateThe American program launched in the spring of this year. 4 clinically significant drug-drug interactions docs should remember when prescribing Doctors need to fight the inertia that can result from software programs providing a full list of DDIs—some of which aren't clinically significant. Dogs trained to detect potentially deadly superbug at B.C. hospitals Teresa Zurberg, who runs the program for Vancouver Coastal Health, said the hunting breed of pooches can smell the slightest presence of C. difficile on surfaces and equipment. Case report: Cellulitis or allergy? A concerning insect bite on a patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's walk-in clinic requires some combination therapy. STIs on the rise: 'Pragmatic approach' recommended for managing chlamydia and gonorrhea Add to your to-do list: Take your patients' sexual history. Some antibiotics associated with acute graft-vs-host disease risk after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation Microbiota injury that may be key. 2023 update to Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medications in older adults American Geriatrics Society provides an updated list of meds that are best avoided by older adults in most circumstances or in certain situations. Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook helps pharmacists to safely provide meds for pets New edition offers current reliable information on drug indications, adverse effects and dosages in various animal species. 4th death, more vision loss cases linked to tainted eyedrops The bacteria has infected 81 people, including four who died and 14 who lost vision. First Previous 7 8 9 10 11 Next Last