Search results for "Hepatitis"
New management for asthma flare-ups
In contrast, new therapies for hepatitis C are estimated at $20,000 per quality-adjusted life-year, according to Dr.
March 2019
Managing HIV with testing, prevention
3. talk to their physicians about annual influenza vaccine, Tdap vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, meningococcal vaccine, and hepatitis B vaccine, as well as the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) series if they are
March 2020
Time to curb the rising costs of prescription drugs
more brand-name drugs, more specialty drugs for the treatment of cancer or hepatitis C, more drugs for diabetes and heart disease, and more genetically tailored drug therapy.
October 2016
Raising vaccine rates requires some selling
is acceptable as a 10-year tetanus booster for adults and that anyone with HIV should get vaccinated against hepatitis A.
June 2020
MKSAP Quiz: 6-week history of blisters
It may also develop in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection and hemochromatosis. ... Porphyria cutanea tarda, which may develop from extensive alcohol use, hemochromatosis, or hepatitis C virus infection, presents with skin fragility and small,
September 2017
Changes made to opioid prescribing information
A boxed warning cautions that patients coinfected with hepatitis B should add additional treatment for their hepatitis B or consider a different drug regimen.
June 2019
Make the most of time spent at Internal Medicine 2014
If you are going to “New Therapies for Hepatitis B and C” and your buddy is going to “Practical Orthopedics—The Knee,” send each other out with questions.
March 2014
Clearing up confusion over Medicare coverage for vaccines
services. But over the years, laws were passed that allow for the provision of three preventive vaccines under Medicare: pneumococcal, influenza and hepatitis B for high risk beneficiaries.
March 2008
Breaking barriers to buprenorphine
Treating addiction in primary care also allows physicians to screen for other substance use-related health problems, such as hepatitis C and HIV, another crisis that involved needles and a stigmatized
September 2018
MKSAP Quiz: 2-day history of painful rash
Other common manifestations include inflammatory bowel disease; celiac disease; an increased frequency of autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and chronic active hepatitis; and allergic disorders,
June 2020