Posted by: admin on: January 4, 2012
Although current clinical guidelines call for daily low-dose inhaled corticosteroid treatment for preschoolers who have recurrent wheezing and are at risk for developing asthma, that may not be the best course of action. -Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: January 4, 2012
Cigarette smokers who underwent a yearlong cessation intervention that incorporated the probability of relapse had significantly higher six-month abstinence rates than those who underwent a standard eight-week intervention, researchers found. -Team@CMHF
Posted by: admin on: January 3, 2012
The UK’s drug regulator has issued new dosage guidelines for children’s liquid medicines such as Calpol and Disprol. The new, age-specific guidance stipulates exact doses of liquid paracetamol medicines that should be given to children, doing away with the ranged doses currently in use. The guidelines also introduce seven narrower age bands covering children from […]
Posted by: admin on: January 3, 2012
More than 1.5 million adults live in nursing homes in the United States, and approximately 30 percent of people will die with a nursing home as their last place of residence. As this population continues to increase, so will the need for physicians to assist those patients with proper care and guidance in making end-of-life […]