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<p style="text-align: left;"><span>A new study documents the effect of waning immunity on a population level.</span></p>
<p>A<span>fter adolescents have gastric bypass surgery, their bone density decreases, but after 2 years it returns to within normal range, new research suggests.</span></p>
In this video, Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP, speaks about cholesterol management guidelines, including managing patients with statin myalgia and patients at risk for polypharmacy, and strategies for LDL lowering therapies. She also spoke about this topic at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2021 virtual series.
By Kate Kelland(Reuters) - A quarter of all Russian men die before they reach their mid-fifties and their passion for alcohol - particularly vodka - is largely to blame, according to research published on Friday.
<P>As parents prepare to leave hospitals and physicians' offices with their children, clinicians explain how medications should be administered. Studies have shown that, despite these explanations, medication errors are common in children treated at home.</P>
Following a review of available evidence, WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer has issued a perspective on the use of various screening methods for the prevention of colorectal cancer.
A 14-year-old African American boy presented during the winter months with a painless, nonpruritic, periumbilical rash that had been present for approximately 1 month.
Joan is a 46-year-old woman who is worried about developing diabetes. She tells you that she drinks 1 to 2 sodas per day but recently has switched to diet soda, hoping that will lower her risk.
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/images/Screen%20shot%202012-08-01%20at%2010.48.00%20AM.png" width="90" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;"><br>Higher rates of pertussis were found in children born in 1998 who received the acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP), the injection which replaced whole-cell pertussis vaccines (DTwP) in the 1990s, suggesting that the change in vaccine may be related to the current pertussis epidemic. </p>
In a recent study, researchers aimed to determine whether transvaginal ultrasonography or magnetic resonance imaging had better performance in diagnosing the recurrence of deep endometriosis.
Individuals whose mothers had depression while pregnant may have a higher risk of having depression at age 18 years, according to the results of a recent prospective cohort study. Postnatal depression was also found to be a risk factor for offspring depression at age 18 years, but only among mothers with lower levels of education.
The relationship between the frequency of ejaculation and the risk of prostate cancer were evaluated in a recent study.
Maryam Navaie, DrPH, MBA, and Bartolome Celli, MD, answer our questions about their study about inhalation technique errors with metered-dose inhalers.
We often forget about improving things in our medical practices. We get comfortable and complacent. We often assume, we do a good job, no need to fix what isn’t broken.But time and time again, I’m reminded that there is always areas of improvement. I’m also reminded that on occasion, we don’t do things as good as I see them in my mind.
New research from the World Health Organization examined the risks associated with consumption of red and processed meats.
The definition comprises 3 criteria: treatment failure history, characterization of active/symptomatic disease, and clinical perception.