The oral HIV test has a 2% lower sensitivity but similar specificity compared with blood-based tests, according to pooled data from a new review and meta-analysis performed by Nitika Pant Pai, MD, from the Department of Medicine, McGill University, and the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada, and colleagues, published online January 24 in Lancet Infectious Diseases. (more…)
CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE ESTUDIANTES DE ODONTOLOGÍA 2012
El “Congreso Mundial de Estudiantes de Odontología 2012″, es una plataforma de alto nivel en la que se discuten los temas clave que serán de gran utilidad al futuro profesionista en su vida laboral, tiene como misión facilitar información de vanguardia al estudiante de cualquier nivel, desde recién ingresados a la licenciatura como aquellos que estén a punto de graduarse. (more…)
Welcome to the 100th FDI Annual World Dental Congress!
Welcome to the 100th Anniversary FDI Annual World Dental Congress: a unique event in the 2012 dental calendar, with international outreach and a truly global audience. (more…)
Disney Innovations Challenge 2012
A DEVELOPER CONFERENCE THAT WILL FOCUS ON THE CREATION OF VIRTUAL COLLECTIBLES ACROSS ALL OF THE DISNEY BRANDS (more…)
Heart Disease Risk Begins With Middle-Age Risk Factors
A meta-analysis of 18 studies confirms that differences in risk-factor burdens in middle age translate into significant differences in lifetime cardiovascular disease risk [1]. (more…)
Prevention of HIV-1 Infection with Early Antiretroviral Therapy
The early initiation of antiretroviral therapy reduced rates of sexual transmission of HIV-1 and clinical events, indicating both personal and public health benefits from such therapy. (Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and others; HPTN 052 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00074581.) (more…)
FDA Issues Off-Label Information Guidelines for Industry
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued draft guidelines that would permit drug and device makers to provide information on off-label uses, but only if the request for information is unsolicited. An unsolicited request is one not initiated in any form by the drug or device maker or distributor itself. (more…)
Dentists to welcome quit kit for smokers
As millions of New Year’s resolutions are made today, new NHS Smokefree research many smokers are largely underestimating how damaging smoking is to their personal health and finances. (more…)
