Novità nel mondo di Medicina di Laboratorio

A new study examines the question of whether antibiotics administered prior to bone biopsy impact the reliability of cultures.
Wounds

Findings from a new report further supports the link between enterovirus D68 and AFM among children.
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Poor collaboration between pathologists and clinicians means both small misunderstandings and large misconceptions.
Medscape Oncology

Even after coronary revascularization, individuals who have first coronary events in their early forties are at high risk for recurrent MI, even with secondary prevention.
Medscape Medical News

Discoveries by two Americans and a British researcher regarding how cells sense and adapt to oxygen offer key insights for treating cancers and heart and lung diseases.
Medscape Medical News

An examination of biopsy specimens found no suggestion of an oncogenic role of cutavirus in malignant melanoma.
Emerging Infectious Diseases

Reuters Health Information

No coronary lesion seemed too complex for the procedure that used intravascular ultrasound and pressure readings to guide stenting, usually avoiding need for contrast injection, protecting the kidneys.
Medscape Medical News

Members of Congress join specialty groups in asking CMS to reconsider its plan to overhaul payment for office visits.
Medscape Medical News

Kaiser Health News

Measles has been eliminated for almost 20 years, and it remains so, despite an almost year-long outbreak that threatened that status, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Medscape Medical News

Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
Medscape

Azithromycin improves symptoms for patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia, but researchers caution that vigilance must be maintained to prevent antibiotic resistance.
Medscape Medical News

Patients with metastatic prostate cancer carrying gene alterations show benefit from treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib in a 'landmark' trial.
Medscape Medical News

The gap between brain age, as estimated with MRI, and chronologic age may serve as a biomarker for dementia risk.
Medscape Medical News

Study following kidney transplants from donors with HIV infection in South Africa to HIV positive recipients shows high rates of 5-year overall and graft survival.
Medscape Medical News

This study investigated the role of aquaporin 1 and aquaporin 3 in the pathobiology of skin cancers. Might they have potential use as specific therapeutic and diagnostic targets?
American Journal of Clinical Pathology

New analyses show no compelling evidence supporting either mechanical thrombectomy or medical management over the other for the treatment of mild stroke, setting the stage for a randomized trial.
Medscape Medical News

Experts were impressed with results from a phase 3 study of a targeted agent in a subgroup of patients with cholangiocarcinoma with genetic mutations.
Medscape Medical News

Young adults who experience a drop in income experience poorer cognitive performance and exhibit lower brain volume on imaging in midlife, results of a large exploratory study showed.
Medscape Medical News