Reducing Infectious Diarrhea in Organ Transplant and Leukemia Patients by Pooja Shete on December 10, 2020 at 1:00 PM
The most common form of infectious diarrhea in hospitalized patients is caused by bacteria Clostridium difficile. Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) results in inflammation of the colon.
The most vulnerable population to develop CDI are those patients undergoing blood and bone marrow transplant (BMT) due to their prolonged hospitalization and previous exposure to antimicrobials.
The members of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey examined the use of a low dose of oral vancomycin. At higher dose, vancomycin is used to treat CDI and it is the first and only intervention that decreased CDI rates in a five-year period.
N.J. should allow medical patients, low-wage earners to grow their own marijuana | Opinion
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
A cannabis plant taking natural lighting inside a private residence. Medical marijuana advocates call for the state to allow patients to grow their own weed. The controversial measure has surfaced in the weeks since the coronavirus outbreak as patients have been stuck in hours-long lines to pick up their medicine. (2019 NJ Cannabis Insider file photo)
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By David L. Nathan
As the New Jersey Legislature crafts legislation that will put meat on the bones of the successful cannabis legalization ballot initiative, one topic has received increasing public attention. Once called a “non-starter” by some legislators, the right of New Jerseyans to cultivate (or “home grow”) a limited number of cannabis plants has become a real possibility.
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Vaccine progress is fantastic. But therapeutics can help Covid patients now
JayanthVatsonandSabihaHussain
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Vaccine development has gotten the lion’s share of funding - leaving important therapeutic trials ignored and underfunded
‘The development and distribution of a truly effective vaccine will take time – time during which people will continue to become infected, hospitalized, and die as a result of Covid-19.’ Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA
‘The development and distribution of a truly effective vaccine will take time – time during which people will continue to become infected, hospitalized, and die as a result of Covid-19.’ Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA