Physical Child Abuse Sends Thousands to Hospitals (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 4,600 children were admitted to a U.S. hospital in 2006 as a result of physical abuse and 300 died because of the abuse, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today State Required CME)
Best Treatment For TB Patients Could Be Determined By 'Goldilocks' Gene
'Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA. This is one of the first examples in infectious disease of where an individual's genetic profile can determine which drug will work best for them - the idea of personalised medicine that is gradually becoming familiar in cancer medicine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
