Decennial 2020 research sets the agenda for advancing safe healthcare

NEW YORK (November 2, 2020) — More than 700 studies, including 250 international abstracts, highlighting worldwide progress in preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections and addressing antibiotic resistance were published today as part of the proceedings from the Sixth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections. The Sixth Decennial, a conference co-hosted by the Centers for Disease…

Mayo Clinic study finds 1 in 8 patients with cancer harbor inherited genetic mutations

PHOENIX, Ariz. ? Genetic testing can uncover inherited genetic mutations, and could individualize cancer therapies, improve survival, manage cancer in loved ones and push the boundaries of precision medicine. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, scientists with Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine conducted genetic testing in more than 3,000 patients who were…

New research reveals risky sexual behavior and STIs are rising despite COVID-19 pandemic

LUGANO, 31 October, 2020 – New research (1) launched at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, has found that despite the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) lockdown restrictions, diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including gonorrhoea, secondary syphilis and mycoplasma genitalium (MG), have increased. The research, conducted in two main STI centres in Milan, Italy, compared the number…