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While osteoporosis is a common condition, there are large treatment gaps and too few specialists to treat patients in rural and underserved communities. In a recent study, researchers assessed the efficacy of a videoconferencing program for increasing access to specialty care and expand the capacity of health care professionals in these areas.
Among older adults, drug side effects, drug-drug interactions and other adverse drug events (ADEs) are common, but often preventable.
Ebola has been in the news sporadically since it was first identified near the Congo River in 1976. There have been 9 outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since then; the most recent occurring in May 2018.
Recent research examined the connection between the consumption of highly processed carbohydrates and the risk of developing prostate cancer.
Let me be upfront: I avoid both clonidine and hydralazine when treating hypertension. In the case of hydralazine, I qualify that decision by explicitly stating that it has been an evidence-based therapy for the management of moderate to severe systolic heart failure in African-Americans.
Matt, a 35-year-old man, is looking to begin following a new diet. However, he isn't sure which would be the best, healthiest option.
This post details what happens after the peer-reviewer panelists reach a decision to accept an article for publication.
By Andrew M. SeamanSpending too much time in front of a television, computer or other devices with screens may signal problems in a child's family and personal wellbeing, according to a new study.Based on data for more than 3600 children in eight European countries, researchers found that family functioning and emotional wellbeing were especially linked to changes in the amount of time kids spent in front of screens.
Clinicians who suspect delirium should, after performing a cognitive assessment and determining a patient’s CAM rating, search for underlying contributors.
Diabetes affects 25.8 million children and adults in the United States and contributes to over 230,000 American deaths each year.1 If trends continue, 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes by 2050.
To better understand the cardiovascular risks associated with calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, authors of a new study presented at 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting analyzed data on more than 122,000 US veterans with and without CPPD.
Emerging data has suggested that canagliflozin provides more benefits to patients with type 2 diabetes vs sitagliptin. In a recent study, researchers compared the effects of both treatments on glycemic control, weight loss, and other related factors in patients with type 2 diabetes.
In a recent study, researchers investigated how actinic keratosis impacts the risk of developing cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and explored the associated risk factors for this skin cancer.
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/transfer/Screen_shot_2012-03-07_at_11.52.35_AM_thumb.png" width="90" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;"><br>Sublingual immunotherapy and oral immunotherapy are being explored as potential methods for the safe treatment and alleviation of food allergy, researchers reported at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.</p>
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.