Without Measles Herd Immunity, Vulnerable Kids Are at Risk With a 97% effective vaccine, 3% of children rely on ‘halos’ of herd immunity protection, clinicians say. Declining vaccination rates will ...

High-Dose Flu Shot Beats Standard Dose in At-Risk Patients The high-dose influenza vaccine elicits stronger immune responses in immunocompromised patients while maintaining a safety profile similar to ...

Psoriasis: Presentation, Imitators, and Treatment Psoriasis is a disfiguring and often painful skin condition that affects an estimated 125 million people worldwide. Know the facts about this ...

Jun 27 2025 This Week in Cardiology FDA approves triple-drug polypill, a change of opinion, a deep dive into invasive pulmonary embolism therapies, heart disease trends, and diabetes care is on fire ...

Fast Five Quiz: Ovarian Cancer Overview Worldwide, more than 200,000 women are estimated to develop ovarian cancer, and about 100,000 die of the disease every year. Do you know key components of ...

Conclusions We suggest that IL-1α release from infundibular keratinocyte in response to P. acnes- mediated TLR activation is an important step in the complex natural history of the acne lesion (Figure ...

Optimization of Settings Biventricular pacing has two primary (electrical) effects on the heart; the first effect is the change in atrioventricular (A-V) interval, which influences the timing of ...

Tramadol is a synthetic centrally acting analgesic that binds weakly to µ-receptors. At the same time, it stimulates descendent inhibitory pathways in the spinal cord by enhancing release and ...

Other Investigations The number of commercially available investigations is growing rapidly. Human beta-defensin-2 (HBD2) is a protein produced by intestinal epithelial cells (Paneth cells) on contact ...

At the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, the review of our FLEK registry in 2011 included 176 eyes having undergone full-thickness FLEK and another 14 eyes having ...

Discussion This analysis found strong evidence of PCV benefit against both clinical and radiologically confirmed pneumonia in the age group targeted for vaccination using 2+1, 3+0 and 3+1 schedules.

One year after presentation in the US, the patient entered into an observational study to evaluate risk factors associated with the development of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with SLE. At ...