Does God Heal Today?
November 20th, 2008I’d never faced this decision before… I didn’t know what to do. When I was first diagnosed with the HIV virus, I read innumerable articles on it and later suffered from an information overload and depressing confusion. One article would speak in favor of taking the highly toxic HIV/AIDS medicines, and then I’d read another one that spoke against it with just as convincing of an argument.
As a Churc…
American Family Physician - Antibiotics for exacerbations of COPD
November 13th, 2008 Clinical Question
Does routine use of antibiotics in patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improve clinical outcomes?
Evidence-Based Answer
There is consistent evidence from a small number of studies that antibiotics significantly reduce mortality (number …
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology - Diffuse ulcerations due to disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with HIV
November 6th, 2008Disseminated histoplasmosis is a serious disease that affects the skin, lungs, and internal organs. It is one of the diseases that characterize acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and in endemic areas is one of the more commonly observed infections in AIDS patients. The mortality rate in patients with AIDS and histoplasm…
American Family Physician - Treatment of Prostatitis
November 5th, 2008 Explanations ranging from “just in time” shipping to Y2K hoarding to generic drug recalls are being floated as possible reasons for the antibiotic shortages being reported by infectious disease specialists nationwide.
In a survey near…
Autism and Sulfa Allergy ���” Some Assessments
October 31st, 2008Sulfa allergy is basically a negative reaction to an antibiotic known as sulfamethoxazole which is an ingredient found in antibiotics which contain sulfonamide including Septra and Bactrim. People who have been diagnosed with a sulfa allergy should not use these types of medications and t…
Business Wire - Merck Reviews Progress on Strategic Plan at 2007 Annual Business Briefing
October 26th, 2008 TO THE EDITOR: I appreciated the excellent article by Drs. Munar and Singh on drug dosing in patients with chronic kidney disease in the May 15, 2007, issue of American Family Physician. (1) As an academic family physician with a certificate of added qualification in geriatrics, I encounter this issue nearly daily, and I would like to provide a geriatrician’s perspective.
Although the Cockcroft-Ga…
Symptoms Of Candidiasis
October 24th, 2008An exhaustive investigation into the patient’s history may uncover a pattern and range of symptoms which will lead to an accurate diagnosis of candidiasis. This procedure can be carried out by any competent medical doctor, yet in A…
Urinary Tract Infection Treatments
October 19th, 2008Urinary tract infections are common among especially in women of ages between 20 and 50. Also known as UTI these infections are not as severe as they seem. It was proved that urinary tract infections are trea…
Understanding UTI
October 15th, 2008Infections of the urinary tract are very common, but, only respiratory infections occur more often. Each year, urinary tract
infections (UTI) account for about 8 million doctor visits. Women are especially p…
Healthcare Purchasing News - Incorrect treatment provided to one in three patients with MRSA infections
October 10th, 2008Drug-resistant, hospital-acquired infections often are treated initially with ineffective antibiotics, which increases the risk of death, according to an article in the August issue of Critical Care Medicine, the journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
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