Hispanics Have More Difficulty Controlling Diabetes Than Non Hispanic Whites

Results of an analysis of multiple studies show diabetes control is more challenging for Hispanics than non-Hispanic whites, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues.The results revealed that Hispanic patients with diabetes have approximately 0.5 percent higher levels on a test that measures blood sugar control, called the A1C test, than non-Hispanic white patients. Read more ...

Focus Diagnostics, Inc., the infectious disease diagnostics company of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), today announced the first laboratory developed test in the U.S. for detecting the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Commercial availability of the molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test will enable physicians in the U.S. to test patients who may have contracted the virus, such as individuals returning from regions in Africa and Asia where chikungunya is endemic. Read more ...

Tumor Diagnosed By A Single Handshake

A doctor diagnosed Mark Gurrieri to have acromegaly, rare type of cancer, by shaking his hand. Read more ...

Researchers suggest that obesity is linked to numerous types of cancer. Read more ...

New Guidelines: Antibiotic Prophylaxis

New Guidelines: Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Until recently, it was recommended that many patients with cardiac conditions receive short-term antibiotics prior to receiving dental treatment to prevent the risk of infective endocarditis (IE). The American Heart Association (AHA) has since revised those guidelines and the revisions bring good news for most cardiac patients: many patients who have taken prophylactic antibiotics routinely in the past no longer need them.