Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, gives details on how to set up US Health TV. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Although in vitro results were promising, chloroquine was not effective as preventive therapy in vivo in animal models of influenza infection, dampening enthusiasm for the potential utility of the drug in humans. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
A Cochrane review shows a small treatment effect in primary care patients with uncomplicated acute sinusitis who have symptoms for more than 7 days, but 80% of those untreated improve within 2 weeks. Medscape Medical News
A study shows that psychotropic drugs are commonly given to patients with symptomatic asthma, suggesting that psychological distress is common in these patients. Medscape Medical News
Rick G. Kulkarni, MD, Attending Physician, Medical Director, Adult Emergency Department, Yale-New Haven Hospital, describes how to improve emergency department function. Medscape General Medicine
Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments on exercise-induced asthma, new research initiatives in asthma, and more from AAAAI 2008. Medscape Allergy & Clinical Immunology
