Data on vaccine uptake should be checked.

Should Aortic Valve Calcification be Checked Before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

Clinical inquiries. Should liver enzymes be checked in a patient taking niacin?

The polio eradication effort: should vaccine eradication be next?

ication of smallpox ranks as one of medical science's great tributions to public health, saving millions from disease and inating the need for vaccination. The World Health anization (WHO), in cooperation with the Centers for Disease trol and Prevention (CDC), Rotary International, and ernments around the world, is in the process of completing ther such accomplishment, but in a considerably dif...

Should acellular pertussis vaccine be recommended to healthcare professionals?

The aim of this study was to describe recent changes in the epidemiology of pertussis and existing policies regarding recommended and mandatory occupational vaccinations for healthcare professionals (HCPs). The authors carried out an extensive review of references on the PubMed and SciELO databases and the official sites of the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, Center...