A study conducted in Malawi has shown that near point-of-care technologies have the capacity to improve viral-load testing, increase the frequency and quality of clinical action and reduce the costs incurred by outpatients in HIV clinics. Near point-of-care assays allow HIV viral-load tests to be conducted within hours of sample collection at the same health… Read More »
At 30, Amanda Johnson learned that she had about 16 months to live after her on-again-off-again headaches lead to a glioblastoma diagnosis. In fact, the tumor in her brain was so large that it was threatening even the short time frame that she was given. Amanda Johnson, pictured with dad Larry, started getting headaches, which… Read More »
Deep brain stimulation in the ventral tegmental area (VTA-DBS) may effectively reduce the frequency and intensity of refractory chronic cluster headache and alleviate anxiety associated with headaches, according to a study published in Cephalalgia. A total of 18 consecutive patients with cluster headache who underwent VTA-DBS were included in the study. Patients were assessed prior… Read More »
Despite recent strides in elucidating the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), there have been few advances in the development of novel therapies to treat the disease. The medications currently approved for PAH treatment are most beneficial in the 5% to 10% of patients with PAH who are vasoresponders, although these therapies have been shown… Read More »