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A multidomain intervention, including mental and physical training, could decrease the risk of cognitive decline in at-risk elderly patients, according to a recent study.
In this podcast, Robert Klein, DPM, CWS, speaks about the prevalence of diabetic-related foot ulcer, recurrence, infection, and amputation among people with diabetes, the 5-year mortality of diabetic foot complications compared with cancer, and the economic burden of diabetic foot complications.
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?
<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>
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.
A new study finds that feelings of being socially excluded, or feelings that a friendship has been lost or threatened can lead to physical pain.
Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC is a geriatrician working at Baycrest Health Science System. He is medical program director of the palliative care program, co-head of the clinical ethics program and a professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Late Stage Dementia, Promoting Compassion, Comfort and Care; Moments that Matter: Cases in Ethical Eldercare and Brooklyn Beginnings: A Geriatrician's Odyssey .
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has asked the AGS to assist with its new initiative to improve behavioral health services.
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.