The biologist Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic properties of penicillin on this date in 1928, but this revolutionary event may not have occurred if Sir Fleming had been fastidious with cleaning.
Illinois will be the first state in the United States to test a pilot program evaluating locking devices on prescription medication bottles to deter abuse and misuse. Participating pharmacies will place numerical locking devices (similar to those used on gym lockers) on the bottles of prescription pain medications that contain hydrocodone to prevent unauthorized access…
An essay in the Annals of Internal Medicine on inappropriate behavior towards patients by clinicians has generated a great deal of discussion for its controversial content.
Vision problems may be an underreported effect of chikungunya fever after a patient who contracted the illness suffered from permanent vision loss after her right optic nerve swelled as part of her body’s inflammatory reaction to the virus.
Health officials in California are investing a case of human plague after a child became ill after visiting the Stanislaus National Forest and camping at Crane Flat Campground in Yosemite National Park in mid-July.
Doctors have a variety of identifiers that indicate their profession and expertise in medicine: scrubs, white coats, and stethoscopes, to name a few. However, they also may wear metaphorical “masks” when delivering bad news to patients or families that are difficult to emotionally maintain at times.
The safety and immunogenicity of the first pediatric combination vaccine directed against six diseases is comparable to analogous licensed component vaccines and could help to alleviate “shot burden,” reports a new study in Pediatrics on this novel investigational vaccine.
Historians now believe that Juan Ponce de León’s search for the Fountain of Youth was a myth, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from seeking their own solutions to combat aging.
Is “microdosing” of psychedelic drugs a safer alternative, or is it just as potentially dangerous as taking a larger dose?
The type of dietary fat consumed, but not necessary the amount, could play a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk according to the first study to evaluate consumption of olive oil and incident T2D among women living in the United States.
