WASHINGTON – Improved management of patients with type 1 diabetes and the resulting increased longevity it has fostered has produced a new medical concern that few patients faced in the past: their...
VANCOUVER – Six developments – daylight photodynamic therapy, body sculpting, better laser treatments for tattoo removal, marketing of home-use fractionated lasers for skin rejuvenation, novel lasers...
Moderate thyroid hormone suppression therapy (THST) is associated with the best outcomes for patients with all stages of thyroid cancer, according to a prospective analysis of a multi-institutional...
There’s been a flurry of legislative activity on Capitol Hill and at state houses around the country aimed at improving access to contraception. But there are still deep divides on the best way to...
Once again, gastroenterologists are preparing to challenge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on proposed cuts to reimbursement for colonoscopies and related services.
The...
Black patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia are much more likely to have an Alzheimer’s pathology mixed with another pathology than are white patients, according to Dr. Lisa Barnes and her...
ROME – There was no advantage to individually prescribed exercises for knee osteoarthritis over usual physiotherapy in a multicenter, longitudinal, randomized study reported at the European Congress...
ROME – There was no advantage to individually prescribed exercises for knee osteoarthritis over usual physiotherapy in a multicenter, longitudinal, randomized study reported at the European Congress...
Viral infections appear to be the primary cause of pneumonia that results in hospitalization, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of five urban hospitals in Chicago and...
VANCOUVER – Pramocaine, a topical anesthetic long used in many OTC anti-itch preparations, turns out to itself be a common cause of contact sensitization, Dr. Mariam Abbas reported at the World...