Higher dose improves flu vaccine in HIV patients
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Quadrupling the dose of influenza vaccine improves its immunogenicity in
individuals infected with HIV, researchers report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Short and social workouts led fitness trends in 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - From mud races to sweat parties to CrossFit competitions, workouts turned
smarter, shorter and more social in 2012, experts say, as fitness was sweetened with a little help from smart
phones and friends. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Michigan hospital blazes trail in fight against fungal meningitis
CHICAGO (Reuters) - After his first day working at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital's newly created
Fungal Outbreak Clinic, Dr David Vandenberg struggled to describe to his boss the enormity of what lay ahead. He
settled on a line from the movie Jaws. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
AAP says kids need recess during school
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A group of American pediatricians is telling school districts that
children need recess and free time during the school day, and it should not even be taken away as
punishment. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Only 39% of physicians in independent practice now: report
The number of independent physicians will continue to drop, and those who stay independent will
increasingly look to subscription-based payment models to make ends meet, according to a new report. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Italian Nobel scientist Montalcini dies at 103
ROME (Reuters) - Rita Levi Montalcini, joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and an Italian
Senator for Life, died on Sunday at the age of 103, her family said. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Vomiting Larry battles "Ferrari of the virus world"
LONDON (Reuters) - Poor Larry isn't looking too good. He's pale and clammy and he's been projectile
vomiting over and over again while his caregivers just stand by and watch. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Pro-marijuana campaign looks ahead after 2012 victories
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After a decades-long campaign to legalize marijuana hit a high mark in 2012
with victories in Washington state and Colorado, its energized and deep-pocketed backers are mapping out a strategy
for the next round of ballot-box battles. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Antiplatelet therapy may protect in severe blunt trauma
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients on antiplatelet therapy before severe blunt trauma may be less
likely to develop lung dysfunction or multiorgan failure, a new study suggests. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lori, a 39-year-old mother in New Jersey, would like to save for the usual
things: college, retirement, vacations. But those goals are far down her wish list. For now, she and her husband
are putting aside money for a home alarm system. They're not worried about keeping burglars out. They need to keep
their son in. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
U.S. approves J&J treatment for drug-resistant TB
(Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Long-term ALL outcome not tied to specific regimen
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), some regimens work
better than others in the short-term, but long-term results even out and any major improvements will require new
drugs, a new report says. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Worse outcomes after stent thrombosis in coronary bypass grafts
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Outcomes after stent thrombosis are worse in coronary bypass grafts than
in native coronary arteries, according to new research from the University of California. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Passengers on Queen Mary 2 sickened by unidentified pathogen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An unknown illness, suspected of being a norovirus, has sickened 194 passengers
and 11 crew members aboard the luxury cruise ship Queen Mary 2, causing vomiting and diarrhea, federal health
officials said on Friday. (Source: Modern Medicine)
Source: Modern Medicine - December 31, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
