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New research presented at CROI 2019 investigated the effect of obstructive lung disease on mortality among individuals living with HIV.
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.
<p>The rapid spread of a measles outbreak from Disneyland in California to communities around the country suggests that vaccination rates in some places may be as low as 50%, a study suggests.</p>
Researchers have identified a biomarker that may help gynecologic oncologists choose better treatment options and improve success rates following chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer.
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.
Dr. W Timothy Garvey explained the physiology behind obesity and how physicians can help their patients lose weight for good.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has asked the AGS to assist with its new initiative to improve behavioral health services.
In this podcast, Rebecca E. Wells, MD, discusses her research on using mindfulness-based stress reduction vs headache education for migraine treatment, a topic she presented at the AAN’s 2021 Virtual Meeting.
<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>
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 .
Health care providers need to target unhealthy behaviors as seriously as physical risk factors in disease prevention, according to a forthcoming advisory statement from the American Heart Association.
Primary Care BlogThere’s probably not a physician in practice who hasn’t had a patient come to the office with a briefcase or an iPad loaded with information that they have downloaded from the Internet and want to ask you to review their research and ask for your opinion.