In separate studies, researchers have found mortality from stroke is higher when patients are admitted during off hours and on weekends. Medscape Medical News
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
During the 2006 to 2007 influenza season in the US, 79% of community-acquired pneumonia cases caused by Staphylococcus aureus were due to MRSA, according to a report in the June 3rd online issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Reuters Health Information
With a different mechanism of action than current options, denosumab is showing promise for breast cancer patients with aromatase-inhibitor-induced bone loss. Medscape Medical News