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Adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are more likely to experience thoughts of suicide.
Does consuming caffeine in coffee adversely affect individuals with arrhythmia? Eun-Jeong Kim, MD, explains how her latest findings debunk a long-standing myth and how her research can impact the guidance you give patients.
A recent study examined the effects of energy drink consumption on blood pressure, heart rate, and overall cardiovascular risk.
Pediatric BlogAlthough there is a difference in the emphasis in private practice versus academic practice, one can grow as a physician in either setting. The reward however is also very different in each setting.
John is a 22-year-old college senior struggling to lose weight before he graduates. He tells you that many of his daily meals consist of prepackaged food sold at his school’s convenience store. When asked how he chooses which meals to purchase, he says that he buys whatever catches his eye, and never looks at the nutritional information.
The widespread availability and use of the measles vaccine in the United States has been immensely successful and has resulted in a greater than 99% reduction in reported measles cases compared with the pre-vaccine era.
As both the prevalence of obesity and the number of MS cases increases, researchers say it is important to examine the relationship between obesity in children and adolescents and the later occurrence of MS.
A previously healthy 11-month-old boy presented to our hospital with a steam burn from a rice cooker on his 4 right fingers and part of the ventral palm.
By Rob GoodierNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Training at high speed or low speed may not make a difference to stroke victims learning to regain motor control, a new study suggests.Stroke patients "improve accuracy of reaching after four days training whether they are trained to move fast or slow," said John Rothwell, a physiologist who studies motor control at the UCL Institute of Neurology in London.
Authors of a new study presented at 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting evaluated the relationship between smoking and various imaging outcomes over time, and assessed the role of socioeconomic factors.
Your patient is a 33-year-old man who tells you that he has been trying to eat healthier for several years, but with little success. Recently, he has decided to switch from following several popular diets over to a vegan diet, and asks if you think this will help him to lower his risk of heart disease.
In this podcast, Brian King, PhD, MPH, discusses his team's latest research on the prevalence of and risk factors for rehospitalization and death after discharge of patients with e-cigarette and vaping-related lung injury (EVALI), as well as comments on the current EVALI epidemic in the United States.
Use of antibiotics and other medications that can alter microbiota during the first few years of life is associated with an increased risk for obesity, according to the results of a recent study.
Any clinician who has had patients with bipolar disorder will readily agree that the quality of life of such patients is quite poor.
Because the effects of modest alcohol consumption on cardiovascular structure and function is unclear, researchers of a study presented at ACC.19 analyzed the relationship.
<div class="column"><p><span>Medical </span><span>education is critically important to the evolution of medicine as a whole. The physician’s education is ongoing throughout medical school and career, and buried within the sheer volume of physiologic and medical knowledge is truly an art—that which balances science and humanity, policy and morality, </span>and reminds physicians that healing is just as important as treating. The art of medicine is often assumed to be something you learn along the way, rather than seen as itself an intangible force that stemmed from the minds and practice of those who came before MRIs, retrovirus vaccines, and stem cell research. </p></div>
Following three clinical trials, the FDA has approved a new preventive treatment for neonates, infants, and toddlers that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in those age populations.