New short-course treatment effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

New short-course treatment effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis

A new short-course treatment is effective against HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis with fewer serious side effects, and has the potential to reduce the length and cost of hospital admissions, a study shows. According to estimates produced by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, cryptococcal meningitis, a fungal infection which invades the lining of the […]

Olympics-Formidable Russian coach and doctor with doping past in focus over Valieva case

Olympics-Formidable Russian coach and doctor with doping past in focus over Valieva case

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Polina Nikolskaya and Luc Cohen BEIJING/MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The turmoil engulfing a 15-year-old Russian figure skater who tested positive for a banned substance has thrust her eminent coach and a doctor with past doping offences into the spotlight at the Beijing Games. Teen skater Kamila Valieva was cleared on Monday to […]

Omicron resistance prompts Logan Health to halt antibody program

Omicron resistance prompts Logan Health to halt antibody program

People walk past a new sign for Logan Health at the entrance to the hospital in Kalispell on Tuesday, May 19, 2021. (Matt Baldwin/Daily Inter Lake) Logan Health’s monoclonal antibody program that has successfully treated thousands of Covid-19 patients ended last week after emerging guidelines indicate that available treatments are not effective against the highly […]

Ghana: NHIs - Beam of Light for the Childhood Cancer Journey

Ghana: NHIs – Beam of Light for the Childhood Cancer Journey

The news of the diagnosis in children is received with anxiety, astonishment, and sorrow regardless of social class and status. Hitherto, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) did not cover the treatment of these diagnoses, adding on to the overwhelming bewilderment when parents are informed of total cost involved for treatment. With limited higher treatment […]

Dallas’ Vigilant Software Launches Verify Labeling Platform for Hospital ICUs Overwhelmed by COVID

Dallas’ Vigilant Software Launches Verify Labeling Platform for Hospital ICUs Overwhelmed by COVID

Example of an IV label created with the Verify platform [Image: Vigilant Software] Hospitals are high-tech workplaces with proton-beam therapies, handheld ultrasound, and the latest imaging technologies. But when an ICU nurse labels an IV bag or syringe, it’s often done the old-fashioned way—with a hastily scrawled, handwritten note. Today, Dallas-based Vigilant Software launched a […]

Intravenous infusions secures credit facility for new factory

Intravenous infusions secures credit facility for new factory

Intravenous Infusions PLC, a Ghanaian pharmaceutical company, has secured a medium-term loan facility of US$3.2 million from Ecobank Ghana Ltd under the government’s stimulus package to build a new factory. A new plant and machinery have already been procured and delivered to the factory awaiting installation. This was after the company had received approval from […]

"I wouldn't have my children without plasma donors" says Radcliffe mum

“I wouldn’t have my children without plasma donors” says Radcliffe mum

(2) A MUM is calling for more plasma donors in Bolton after kindhearts enabled her to have children. Danielle Morley, 37, a Radcliffe sales director, developed a blood disorder, immune thrombocytopenic purpra (ITP) in her first pregnancy. Her immune system attacked her own platelets, the tiny cells that make blood clot, putting her at risk […]