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is rsv contagious when on antibiotics :: Article Creator New RSV Vaccine Distribution: Who's At The Top Of The List? As fall approaches, so does respiratory syncytial virus or RSV season. This year, there are more options for those most susceptible to RSV, including a new vaccine and updated RSV vaccine guidance for seniors. Carina Marquez, MD, associate professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, Peter Chin-Hong, MD, professor in the UCSF Health Division of Infectious Diseases and Theodore Ruel, MD, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, explain what we need to know about the RSV virus and vaccine. What is RSV? RSV is a virus that can cause lung and respiratory tract infections such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Most RSV infections clear up by themselves in a couple of weeks, but, for...

abscess in lung x ray :: Article Creator Stage III Lung Cancer Doctors use stages to describe how much cancer you have and where it is in your body. People with stage III lung cancer can be a very mixed group. Their tumors can differ in size, location, and how distant they are from where the cancer started. But almost always, stage III cancer is in just one lung. It's also limited to the lymph nodes, organs, and other tissue near that organ. The cancer has not spread, or metastasized, beyond that. That's why this stage is also called locally advanced or locoregional disease. The next stage, stage IV, is the last and most serious stage of lung cancer. Nearly 9 out of 10 people with lung cancer have non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A rarer and more aggressive type is called small-cell lung cancer. But the numbered stages are used mainly for the more common NSCLC. Staging uses three key criteria called TNM: Tumor (T): How big a...

c botulinum treatment :: Article Creator Botulinum Toxin Botulinum toxin (BTX) has been used at Baylor's Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic (PDCMDC) in the treatment of dystonia and related disorders since 1983. Its safety and efficacy have been established, partly as a result of the pioneering work at the PDCMDC. Indeed, the first double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of BTX in cranial-cervical dystonia was conducted at Baylor and the findings were used to obtain the initial approval for BTX by the Food and Drug Administration. Dystonia is a neurological condition manifested by involuntary contractions (spasms) of muscles producing twisting, squeezing or pulling movements and abnormal postures. In addition to dystonias, BTX has been used also to relieve other movement disorders, including hemifacial spasm, tremors, tics, spasticity (muscle tightness), restless leg syndrome, and other movement disorders. In addition ...

bronchiolitis obliterans life expectancy :: Article Creator Hoping To Reach 100? You're Not Going To Like These New Life Expectancy Projections Let's keep it 100 — your chances of becoming a centenarian are slim. Medical breakthroughs, public health achievements and better diets led to steep increases in global life expectancy in the 1800s and 1900s. But startling new research finds this momentum has slowed and the biggest boosts to longevity may be in the rearview mirror. "Most people alive today at older ages are living on time that was manufactured by medicine," said lead study author S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago. "But these medical Band-Aids are producing fewer years of life even though they're occurring at an accelerated pace, implying that the period of rapid increases in life expectancy is now documented to be over," Olshansky added....

latent tb :: Article Creator ICE Detainee Tests Positive For Drug-resistant Tuberculosis In Louisiana. The State Is Suing. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill last week sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after a Chinese national who entered the country illegally earlier this year was found in October to have tuberculosis while at a federal detention center in Basile. The lawsuit, which names several defendants including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ICE detention facilities in Louisiana, asks a federal court to bar the facilities from releasing detainees until they've been medically cleared by the Louisiana Department of Health. Murrill announced the lawsuit Wednesday while Gov. Jeff Landry held a news conference in Baton Rouge to address the state's public health response. "At this time we have no indication that the public is in any danger," said Landry. According to the lawsuit,...

pulmonary hypertension life expectancy :: Article Creator The Lung Institute Content The Lung Institute provides comprehensive diagnostics and treatments to patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing, including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cystic fibrosis, asthma, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis, benign and malignant neoplasms, and lung transplantation. The Lung Institute has developed a comprehensive program across specialties with one site for virtually all aspects of ambulatory pulmonary patient care, including a full pulmonary function testing lab, complete radiology services, echocardiography, laboratory, and nuclear medicine services. Our physicians and surgeons are national and international experts in lung disease. Together, they offer comprehensive services, including highly specialized care to patients. Pipeline Report 2024: See The Life-changing Therapies Showing Promise As a...