Twice-weekly sessions of granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis are more effective than once-a-week sessions for treatment of active ulcerative colitis, Japanese physicians have found. Reuters Health Information
Germany expects the death toll from the E.coli outbreak to rise although the number of new infections from the virulent strain of bacteria that has killed 24 people is likely to drop, the government said on Wednesday. br / iReuters Health Information/i
Commentary on a study on whether perioperative normothermia reduces surgical site infections, published October 2010 in the Annals of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery
In a randomized controlled trial, antioxidant supplementation was effective in relieving pain and reducing levels of oxidative stress in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Medscape Medical News
Although the incidence of health care-associated Clostridium difficile infections remained stable in Canada between 1997 and 2005, the attributable mortality nearly quadrupled, according to a paper in the March 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
