disease investigators

Long-Term HAART Linked to Lower Heart Risk in HIV patients

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 11:46

PITTSBURGH -- Effective treatment of HIV infection appears to be associated with reduced cardiovascular risk, contradicting evidence of an association between antiretroviral therapy and heart disease, investigators here reported.


 

BWF awards $7 million to infectious disease investigators

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Tue, 06/03/2008 - 23:00

(Burroughs Wellcome Fund) The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has announced the recipients of the 2008 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease awards.


 

AUA: PSA Testing Might Not Be Necessary for Older Men

MedPage Today Surgery  Fri, 05/23/2008 - 15:43

ORLANDO -- At age 75, men who have PSA levels less than 3 ng/mL can safely discontinue routine prostate cancer screening because they have a low risk of aggressive disease, investigators reported here.


 

Heart Failure Increases Risk in Noncardiac Surgery

MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 03/27/2008 - 14:23

DURHAM, N.C. -- Heart failure patients who undergo major noncardiac surgery are at greater risk of operative mortality and hospital readmission than are patients with coronary artery disease, investigators here have concluded.