Autism and MMR Vaccine Study an Elaborate Fraud

The following are three articles published by Medscape in January 2011. They report on the three corresponding articles BMJ (British Medical Journal) published during the first three weeks of January ...

Defining Safe Use of Anesthesia in Children

Anesthetic agents are commonly used for various medical procedures in infants and children, but little is known about their effects on the developing brain.

A growing body of data from studies in ...

Dexamethasone Improves Quality of Life After Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery

A study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2010 Annual Meeting in San Diego seems to confirm that a single, small dose of the steroid dexamethasone improves the post-surgical ...

General Anesthesia Does Not Increase Delirium in the Elderly

October 17, 2011 (Chicago, Illinois) — Inhaled anesthetic agents do not increase the incidence of delirium in the early postoperative period, according to a study presented here at the American ...

Hands of Anesthesia Providers May Be a Source of Operating Room Contamination

January 4, 2011 — The contaminated hands of anesthesia providers are a significant source of patient environmental and stopcock set contamination in the operating room, according to the results of a ...

Injection Practices Among Clinicians in US

Many blood-borne pathogens, including hepatitis B and C viruses, have been transmitted between patients through the improper use of syringes, needles, and medication vials. Research shows that unsafe ...

Meta-Analysis Links Reduced Fracture Rate to High Vitamin D Supplement

TORONTO (EGMN) – A daily vitamin D dose of at least 792 IU was linked with significantly reduced rates of nonvertebral fractures and hip fractures in a meta-analysis of data from 11 randomized ...

Penicillin 'Allergy' History May Be Inaccurate and Costly

Penicillin "allergy" history is often inaccurate. Still, it is linked to more extended hospital stays, significantly more antibiotic use, and increased prevalence of Clostridium Difficile ...

Vitamin D: Myths or truths?

CHICAGO (EGMN) – Dr. Richard L. Gallo MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) put on his Myth Busters hat at a recent dermatology meeting to debunk – and in some cases uphold – some of ...