Pregnant women who are infected with HIV and are at risk of tuberculosis co-infection can undergo isoniazid prevention therapy without causing harm to themselves or...
January 9th, 2019Medgadget has released its list of the most notable developments in medical technology in 2018. The selection was based on a technology’s clinical importance, the...
It is estimated that around 1.7bn people on earth are infected with tuberculosis (TB). Spotlight reports that in these so-called latent infections, people have TB in...Oncology
A University of California study has indicated that non-aspirin NSAID use was associated with shorter overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma...
April 18th, 2018Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniature, ultra-low power injectable biosensor that could be used for continuous, long-term alcohol...
Patients with early stage lung cancer live longer when they receive a lobectomy – the most common type of operation for the disease – rather than a less extensive...HIV/AIDS
In a large South African cohort study, a team of researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa) collaborating with the Ndlovu...TB Conference
A new, “digitised medicine” could revolutionise the way patients are treated for tuberculosis (TB), according to the results of a study announced at the 48th Union...
July 19th, 2017A glove fitted with wearable electronics can translate the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet and then wirelessly transmit the text for display on electronic devices...
A little more than a year after the Netherlands instituted a policy allowing unrestricted access to direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the treatment of hepatitis C,...
