A new survey finds that men who would be potential users of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication prefer long-acting injections over pills, but rank side effects and costs as the most ...

Role of pirfenidone in the primary prophylaxis of lung cancer in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Authors: Salman J. Khan, Syed Muhammad Ibne Ali Jaffari, ...

EMA recommends Gilead Sciences' Lenacapavir for HIV prevention, with FDA approval and generic options available soon.

3. Smith DK, Van Handel M, Grey J. Estimates of adults with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by jurisdiction, transmission risk group, and race/ethnicity, United States, 2015.

The 3.6 specifies which are the cancer patients that really need extended prophylaxis, or the recommendation addresses this population in particular at high risk, which means patients with ...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) prophylaxis means preventive measures that stop a recurrence of ARF. These involve taking antibiotics to prevent infection. Read more.

Shaffer B, Gooptu M, DeFor TE, et al. Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide Based Graft-versus-Host-Disease Prophylaxis Attenuates Disparity in Outcomes Between Matched and Mismatched Unrelated Donor ...

Overall, antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with a 1.3-fold increase in the risk of hospitalization or ED visit for UTI, sepsis and/or bloodstream infection — 4.7% of patients who received ...

With the publication of "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery" by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Infectious Diseases Society of America ...

Doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) has been shown to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among cisgender men and transgender women, but data from trials involving cisgender ...