Guidelines

The changes are being made to try and expedite the process for candidates.

Routine screenings in adults could get a bit easier in the future or could be delivered a different way. Here are some changes that are likely to be happening soon.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control issues guidelines on the use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis for bacterial sexually transmitted infection prevention.

By increasing investment in public health today, we can decrease ‘curative care’ investment in the future, and simultaneously improve the health of the population.

These opium-based products, called doda and afeem, are popular in the South Asian community but may be contaminated with lead or other toxins.

Pericarditis can be self-limiting and occur in younger persons with no previous cardiac history—and is thus likely underreported.

This emerging area of study looks at the totality of environmental exposures we encounter throughout our lifetime and how these interact with our genetics to influence our health.

The subscription-based website was launched last week and has information on more than 1,000 drugs.