Patients in cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) could benefit from the CICU health care team using a daily checklist to prevent infections and other common complications. According to a new American ...

Routine placement of atrial leads is common during implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation for primary prevention despite guidelines that discourage it—now there are new ...

Infections, vision loss, and high eye pressure are among the many complications that can arise from untreated cataracts and cataract surgery. Regular eye checks and prompt medical assistance may ...

Significantly more patients had no chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia-induced modification of chemo dose with romiplostim vs placebo.

Measles Resurgence and the MMR Vaccine. MEASLES resurgence reinforces that the two dose MMR vaccine remains the strongest defense against severe disease. A new literature review h ...

When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a ...

MALVERN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Researchers at a local biopharmaceutical company believe one of its experimental drugs can prevent some of the deadliest complications of COVID-19. Many of the deaths ...

Throughout the world, governments have stockpiled influenza drug Tamiflu in an effort to address the global H1N1 flu pandemic, spending billions in the process. Now, a new study suggests that the drug ...

Speaking at the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions, authors of a new Lancet Series challenge current approaches to managing gestational diabetes (a type of diabetes that can be ...

An alarming lack of compliance with assessments to prevent ophthalmologic and neuropathic complications associated with diabetes has been detected in nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.