A report shows that in 2005, symptom awareness and recognition of the need to call 9-1-1 were low in the United States, with disparities seen by race/ethnicity, sex, and education level. Medscape Medical News
Results of a study suggest that nearly one-third of angioedema seen in US emergency departments is caused by angiotensin-converting enzyme-inhibitor (ACEI) therapy. Reuters Health Information
An infectious syphilis epidemic returns to challenge public health. As past becomes present, what do clinicians need to know about this sexually transmitted infection? Medscape Infectious Diseases
Medscape Nephrology interviews Jose Arruda, MD, Chief of Nephrology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, on the US launch of Renvela for chronic kidney disease. Medscape Nephrology
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In the face of antimicrobial treatment resistance, what are the recommended changes in prescribing related to N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis? Medscape Infectious Diseases
Treatment of intraventricular hemorrhage with catheter-based clot lysis using low-dose tissue plasminogen activator is safe and dramatically reduces death and disability in individuals with this usually lethal condition. Medscape Medical News
Some clinicians are using nebulized morphine to treat pain and breathlessness in patients with COPD and CHF, but is there evidence to back that up? Medscape Pharmacists
