Prediction of Postsurgical Neuropsychological Outcome: Increasing Options

Innovative Options for Managing Postsurgical Pain

Clostridium Difficile Infection: An Increasing Postsurgical Complication

Over the past decade the incidence of Clostridium Difficile infection has increased worldwide. Virulent forms of this organism have developed augmenting the morbidity and mortality of the disease. Surgical patients, especially those undergoing gastrointestinal surgery and solid organ transplantation, express high rates of CDI. Risk factors such as older age, prolonged preoperative hospital stay...

Pertuzumab: increasing the options.

We read with great interest the review by Drs. O’Sullivan and Connolly,[1] which elegantly describes the development of pertuzumab and the challenges posed by current gaps in our knowledge of this agent. The development of pertuzumab marks another milestone in the extraordinary progress made in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer. Pertuzumab w...

Schizophrenia therapy options increasing.

New medications may soon offer more effective treatments for the approximately 2.5 million patients globally with schizophrenia. Current therapies in 2012 yielded $5.2 billion in global market sales, but by 2022 that is expected to reach $7.9 billion.

Medical treatment of osteoporosis--increasing options.

INTRODUCTION Many drugs are now available for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. They have differing levels of evidence of efficacy and each may be used according to clinical indications. METHODS A Medline search of clinical drug trials using various therapeutic agents used for osteoporosis was carried out. RESULTS Several randomised controlled trials have been carried out using ...