Sexual Behaviors Linked to Recurrent Candida Vaginitis

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Monday, December 22, 2003

Ob/Gyn & Women's Health

Sexual Behaviors Linked to Recurrent Candida Vaginitis

Oral sex and masturbation with saliva were risk factors, rather than the presence of Candida at various body locations of the male partner, according to the results of a prospective cohort trial published in the December issue of the Journal of Women's Health.

Medscape Medical News 2003

COX-2 Inhibitors Do Not Induce Urticaria

These drugs were given safely in a randomized trial of patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and sensitivity to NSAIDs, says the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology.

Medscape Medical News 2003

Hematology-Oncology

Lamivudine Recommended Before Chemotherapy for HBVsAg-Positive Lymphoma Patients

Based on a randomized trial published in the December issue of Gastroenterology, the investigators suggest giving this drug preemptively before or at the initiation of chemotherapy for all patients undergoing intensive chemotherapy.

Medscape Medical News 2003

Money & Medicine

User Fees Do Not Influence Drug Approval Times, Study Finds

But critics say user fees have endangered public safety.

Medscape Medical News 2003

Pulmonary Medicine

Smoking Impairs Efficacy of Oral Corticosteroid Treatment in Asthmatics

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Medicine's December issue reports that cigarette smoking is linked to resistance to short-term oral corticosteroid treatment in patients with chronic asthma.

Reuters Health Information 2003

Surgery

FDA Warns of Counterfeit Mesh Used in Surgery

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday told health care professionals to beware of a counterfeit implant used in surgeries such as hernia repair, warning that it is not sterile.

Reuters Health Information 2003

Diabetic Microvascular Complications Resource Center

Keep current on the recognition and treatment of retinopathy,

neuropathy, and other microvascular complications.

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