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A new study tested the potential of gait speed as a reliable predictor of 1-year mortality risk among elderly patients with heart failure.
<p><span> Gene therapy designed to treat progressive childhood blindness caused by Leber congenital amaurosis has turned out to offer only short-lived improvements in vision.</span></p>
In this podcast, Lisa Jones RDN, LDN speaks with Amy Bragagnini RD, CSO, a clinical oncology dietitian at Trinity Health Lacks Cancer Center in Grand Rapids, MI, about the commons myths involving diet and cancer, how patients can discern between myth and fact when it comes to cancer nutrition, the resources patients can rely on and trust, and more. This is part two of a three-part series on cancer nutrition.
In this Q&A, Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, discusses interventions to address the health care disparities that exist along the care continuum for certain patient populations who are at-risk for HIV infection.
Stimwave Freedom Spinal Cord Stimulation System was developed to treat patients with chronic leg and back pain as a permanent, long-term implant.
A new study explores the healing power of yoga and whether practicing yoga once per week can lower heart rate and blood pressure in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
<p>U.K. 15-year-olds most exposed to alcohol use in films were most likely to have tried alcohol and twice as likely to have been binge drinking.</p>
<p><span>Are multiple courses of antibiotics in the first two years of life linked with an increased risk of childhood obesity? Two different studies found contrasting results.</span></p>
This COVID-19 roundup includes coverage of the FDA’s guidance for the correct Moderna vaccine dosage for pediatric patients, COVID-19 outcomes for patients with hypertension and diabetes, and the risk of pediatric patients developing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) after COVID-19 infection.
After analyzing data on more than 10,000 participants in the global SMART and START studies, researchers determined the effect of deferred or intermittent ART usage on disease risk.
<p>Most of the world's poorer countries, which account for nearly all childbirth-related deaths among newborns and mothers, are facing a critical shortage of professional midwives who could ease the problem.</p><p> </p>
A recent study examined the association between type 2 diabetes and the risk of developing serious liver disease.
New research suggests that individuals suspected to have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may not need to undergo biopsies.
In this commentary, Michael Bloch, MD, writes about renin-angiotensin system-blocking agents and how they affect the disease course of COVID-19.
<p> Foam soaps are increasingly replacing traditional liquid soaps in hospitals, nursing homes, schools, the food industry and other public spaces.</p>