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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.
<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>&nbsp;</strong></p>
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.
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 .
<p>A non-antibiotic drug already tested in people for other uses may be active in treating Clostridium difficile.</p>
By Lorraine L. Janeczko
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.