At the New York Course, Dr. Roy M. Gulick discusses recent additions to the antiretroviral armamentarium, specifically co-receptor inhibitors in the class of entry inhibitors. Medscape HIV/AIDS
The interleukin 2 (IL-2) immunotoxin denileukin diftitox reduces regulatory T cells (Tregs) and thus enhances vaccine-mediated T-cell immunity, according to findings in murine studies. Reuters Health Information
Once children with early, mild persistent asthma have control of their symptoms using daily inhaled corticosteroids, the dose can be lowered and, in some cases, administered on an as-needed basis. Reuters Health Information
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS, Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance; Visiting Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses the problem of doctors not getting paid to treat GERD. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Darrell G. Kirch, MD, President and CEO, Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, tells us how medicine and industry can and cannot collaborate. The Medscape Journal of Medicine
Recent news stories have examined links between thimerosal and autism, anxiety and risk for myocardial infarction, breast-feeding and allergy risk, pain and bisphosphonates, and vitamin D deficiency and the heart. Medscape Medical News
