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Frailty syndrome is characterized by reduced physiologic reserve affecting multiple organ systems.
The National Institutes of Health has released its strategic plan for the acceleration of nutrition research for 2020-2030.
<p>U.S. premature births linked to air pollution cost more than $4 billion a year in medical care and lost economic opportunity, a new analysis estimates.</p><p> </p>
<p> Young adults with healthy blood pressure go on to have better thinking and memory skills in midlife than their peers with higher blood pressure, according to a new analysis.</p>
<p>Pain and other symptoms of chronic sinus problems might cause sufferers to miss work or school but depression is their biggest source of lost productivity.</p>
In part 2 of this video, Charles Conway, MD, covers possible side effects of the use of nitrous oxide for the treatment of treatment-resistant major depression , and next steps for continued research.
A chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, asthma is one of the most common reasons why children are brought to a physician. In this article, we outline a treatment strategy for the acute asthma flare. We also discuss the most recent advances in pediatric drug therapy and provide up-to-date recommendations for the long-term management of asthma.
By Lorraine L. Janeczko
In a post hoc analysis of the EXCEED study, researchers found that secukinumab and adalimumab—two biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic medications—showed similar efficacy in the resolution of enthesitis at 52 weeks.
In this 2-part guest commentary, you will learn several tactics and skills that will make your next presentation go better than your last.
Individuals in the LGBTQ population have complex factors that affect their access to health care.
<p>The benefits of <em>cardioselective </em>beta-blocker therapy outweigh the associated risks in patients with nonsevere asthma after myocardial infarction (MI) or for the long-term treatment of heart failure. We have recently observed both medical residents and attending physicians prescribing noncardioselective beta-blockers to patients with asthma. Consequently, we believe this summary will be a timely reminder to healthcare professionals to be careful to administer cardioselective beta-blockers for appropriate indications in asthma patients and clearly avoid noncardioselective agents.</p>
<p>Children with a history of penicillin allergy can be safely and reliably skin tested with only penicillin G, new research suggests.</p>
Researchers studied the effects of avenanthramide, a compound commonly found in oats, on cardiovascular risk in a new study.
Previous research has suggested alterations in infant gut microbiota, caused by early introduction to solid foods, could be associated with increased risk of childhood obesity and oxidative stress.
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_shot_2012-08-01_at_10.48.00_AM.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>