The progressive The ageing of the population is causing the number of fragile people to rise and higher, a reality that creates significant challenges for society and health. Preventing, or at least delaying, the transition from pre-frailty, a condition in which the person is still substantially healthy, to frailty, a state that often results in […]
AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the world’s largest HIV research network, announces the publication of “Perspectives on MINMON ACTG 5360 Trial Adherence: A 12-Week Minimal Control Approach of Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C” in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Perspectives on ACTG 5360 MINMON Trial Adherence: A Minimal 12-Week Follow-up Approach of […]
Highlights To wisely choose the initiative to reduce urine cultures for asymptomatic bacteriuria and catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria in an 11-hospital safety net system Summary Background Treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) is common.Overtreatment of ASB leads to harm, including adverse effects of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, and longer length of stay. Methods This quality improvement initiative focused […]
Key messages More intense levels of physical activity could prevent hospitalization for 25 common ailments. 20 minutes of daily physical activity could be a useful non-pharmacological intervention to prevent hospitalizations and improve the patient’s quality of life. Why it matters Physical activity is usually associated with a decreased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.However, […]
Key messages Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is often a diagnostic challenge. Rarer manifestations of tuberculosis should be considered especially in case of persistent fever and in the presence of patients from high-incidence countries. Rapid diagnosis and timely treatment are decisive elements for the prognosis of patients. This is underlined by pulmonologist Arne Lüers of the Asklepios Klinikum […]
Anyone who has survived an infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is usually well protected from a serious illness with hospitalization or death after 40 weeks. This applies to all virus strains, but the probability of new infection with the variant Omikron BA.1 is significantly higher than with the older virus types, according to the result […]
The largest known ant species on earth comes from Germany – at least it was found here in 2003 in the Hessian pit Messel as a fossil: The queens of the Titanomyrma gigantea became more than six centimeters long and reached wingspans of about 15 Centimeters. A similarly large relationship was discovered by paleontologists in Wyoming […]
Arezzo, 13 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) – “The city of Arezzo deserves a new hospital” and the ASL Toscana Sud Est intends to put in place all the forces and all the channels to carry out what was deliberated or the Masterplan “with all the works that we want to carry out in the coming years […]
According to i According to the results of a study published in Neurology, the use of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5i) inhibitors in men with erectile dysfunction is associated with a reduced risk of developing incident Alzheimer’s disease. “According to estimates, 57 million people in the world suffer from dementia and the forecasts for 2050 bring this […]
Core messages In patients with chronic coronary artery disease and elevated lipid levels, statin therapy according to the “treat-to-target” strategy is as effective as a fixed-dose strategy of high-dose statins. This is the result of a large randomized study from South Korea, which has been published in the journal JAMA ( ).The two strategies are […]