A boxed warning for nine direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV advises clinicians to screen for current or prior HVB infections.

The healthcare community is well aware of the adverse effects of lead on children. But we unfortunately pay less attention to the negative fallout for women of childbearing age.

It is ironic that considerable energy has been directed toward patient-protection practices with little measurable benefit, whereas the health risks of radiation from CT proceed unchecked.

A large study found preprocedural fasting does not decrease adverse events in the pediatric emergency department; the results suggest adherence to fasting guidelines is not warranted in this setting.

The FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for fluticasone propionate and salmeterol xinafoate inhalation powder, pimozide tablets, and ceftriaxone sodium injection.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently eased masking recommendations, only advising people wear masks if they are in a county with a high COVID-19 community level.

Editor's Note:2014 saw significant developments in the treatment of gynecologic cancers, including the expansion of bevacizumab's indication for both cervical and ovarian cancer. Medscape asked Dr ...

Mick Hunt, ASHP President, in an interview, addresses key professional issues.

Alas, nutritional epidemiology studies! Dr F. Perry Wilson shares his level of trust in new data about olive oil consumption and dementia-related death.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic liver disease and poses a major clinical and economic burden worldwide. HCV is an RNA virus that is sensed as nonself in the infected liver by host pattern ...

Baseline patient characteristics are shown in Table 1 . A total of 117 patients were included. Of these, 46 patients were under 70 years of age and 71 patients were over 70 years of age, with an age ...

An advisory body in Switzerland has proposed that the country end systematic breast cancer screening with mammography.