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After an in-depth analysis and review of the data, the US Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 16 years or older.
Results of a new study may help you improve neurologic outcomes among your patients who have had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Which brain proteins best predicted poor neurologic outcomes? Read more to find out.
In this video, Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, discusses the under-utilization of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the integral role primary care providers play in screening and identifying persons who would benefit from PrEP, which are topics he presented during his session "Preventing HIV: Strategies for Primary Care Clinicians" at our Practical Updates in Primary Care 2022 Virtual Series.
<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>
Dr John Anderson, Dr Pam Taub, and Dr Mark Greathouse review the relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), including how T2D exacerbates CVD and the risk from CVD, and what the national medical associations recommend for patients with T2D and CVD.
The HIV Medicine Association of the Infection Diseases Society of America has released new guidance for the treatment of individuals with human immunodeficiency virus in primary care.
<p>Thanks to highly effective antiretroviral therapy patients with HIV infection are living longer than ever - long enough to develop cancer, a new study shows.</p>
<p>A new study suggests that smoking may be responsible for 60,000 to 120,000 more deaths in the U.S. each year than previously thought.</p>
Geriatricians and other healthcare professionals who care for older adults with dementia are often confronted with difficult questions and issues.
In this video, Jesse L. Berry, MD, discusses her team's study that examined the use of aqueous humor liquid biopsy to determine metastatic risk in patients with uveal melanoma (UM). Dr Berry talks about how this method of biopsy impacts the clinical care of patients with UM, what knowledge gaps currently exist, and the future of this area of research.
Joshua F. Baker, MD, MSCE, and colleagues evaluated associations between alcohol consumption and disease activity among more than 16,000 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.
Researchers compared clinical characteristics, health care costs, and mortality outcomes among patients with Alzheimer dementia with and without agitation.