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In a recent study, researchers evaluated the efficacy of several measurement instruments in assessing outcomes among patients with acute respiratory failure.
<p>A toddler thought to have been cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her blood, the child's doctors and U.S. health officials said on Thursday.</p>
<p>Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who don't adhere to prescribed doses of 6MP may have increased risk of relapse, according to researchers.</p><p> </p>
By Kathryn DoyleNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids have a higher risk of depression and anxiety if their parents tend to fight with each other, or if the parents are overinvolved in the kids' lives, according to a new meta-analysis.The research team reviewed 181 papers on potential links between how parents behave and which kids are likely to be depressed or anxious.
In a widely reported new CDC study, 1 in 68 children were identified with autism spectrum disorder in 2010, up from 1 in 88 in 2008. A careful look at the data, however, suggests a circumspect approach.
The PROMISE-1 and PROMISE-2 trials investigated a CGRP monoclonal antibody for outcomes related to chronic or episodic migraine. The findings were presented virtually at the 2020 AAN Science Highlights.
The CDC guidelines on pre-exposure prophylaxis use include a recommendation on the frequency of testing for pregnancy among women who intend to become pregnant and are taking PrEP. Are you familiar with this recommendation?
Based on findings from the Phase 3 A DUE study, Janssen Research & Development, LLC recently submitted a New Drug Application to the FDA seeking approval of an investigational once-daily, single-tablet combination therapy of macitentan and tadalafil for the long-term treatment of patients with PAH.
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), more than half of childhood cancers are leukemias and cancers of the brain and CNS.
New research presented at CROI 2019 investigated the effect of obstructive lung disease on mortality among individuals living with HIV.
Dr. W Timothy Garvey explained the physiology behind obesity and how physicians can help their patients lose weight for good.
In a new systematic review, researchers aimed to summarize the current data on risk prognostic models and scores for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
<p><strong><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_Shot_2013-10-15_at_3.22.09_PM.png" alt="teratoma" width="115" height="115" style="float: left; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></strong>It is known that fetuses with large sacrococcygeal teratomas are at risk for a high cardiac output state and cardiac failure.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>A non-antibiotic drug already tested in people for other uses may be active in treating Clostridium difficile.</p>
Neil Baum, MD
Neil Baum, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA, and author of Marketing Your Clinical Practice: Ethically, Effectively, and Economically, Jones Bartlett Publishers. He is also author of Social Media For The Healthcare Profession, Greenbranch Publishing, 2011. He blogs at http://neilbaum.wordpress.com/
<p><span>Genetic research has identified de novo mutations in synaptic transmission genes adding to those already associated with epileptic encephalopathies.</span></p>