Guidelines

By increasing investment in public health today, we can decrease ‘curative care’ investment in the future, and simultaneously improve the health of the population.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control issues guidelines on the use of doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis for bacterial sexually transmitted infection prevention.

These opium-based products, called doda and afeem, are popular in the South Asian community but may be contaminated with lead or other toxins.

Pericarditis can be self-limiting and occur in younger persons with no previous cardiac history—and is thus likely underreported.

This emerging area of study looks at the totality of environmental exposures we encounter throughout our lifetime and how these interact with our genetics to influence our health.

The subscription-based website was launched last week and has information on more than 1,000 drugs.

The effectiveness of androgen-targeted treatments for prostate cancer tends to fade over time, so new strategies are urgently needed.

Dr. Jabir Jassam has a dim view of the value of medication reviews done by pharmacists on the behalf of pharmacy owners.

Water quality experts are increasingly concerned about finding traces of prescription and OTC drugs in our water systems.

Snoring, temperature variations, cover stealers, the list goes on.