Andrew Smith

Researchers have been investigating whether PCSK9 inhibitors can protect other patients at high risk for a cardiovascular event.

Standard MRIs might reveal cognitive impairment in MS patients.

Loss of sense of smell predicts more severe multiple sclerosis.

Emergency departments' experience matters in treating atrial fibrillation.

Smartphone screening for atrial fibrillation goes big in Hong Kong.

Chronic alcohol consumption of 2 or more drinks per day is associated with up to 30% higher risk for atrial fibrillation.

Multiple sclerosis: Eat like a cave-dweller and get symptom relief?

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is enrolling participants from 45 sites around the world to evaluate cabotegravir as long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

The rise in drug resistance against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could have a negative impact on costs associated with the disease.

People most at risk of needing adrenaline auto-injectors tend not to know how to use them properly, studies have found. Physicians are blamed for the lapses.

Studies have shown that HIV increases the risk of confusion and forgetfulness, but new research found that the virus is tied to more serious neurocognitive conditions.

Incidence rates of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have dramatically dropped since 2003 in three African countries.

Getting tested for HIV can be accompanied with the feeling of judgement. So if healthcare officials want to encourage testing, they might want to rely on peer-referral.

Why do many men decline to use the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (Truvada) to reduce their high risk of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection? A new survey study out of the United Kingdom may have some of the answers.

A new analysis indicates that a 25% reduction in exposure to certain household chemicals would reduce diabetes cases by approximately 13%, enough to save billions of dollars in annual health costs.

Studies that found no connection are outliers, the authors of the new meta-analysis write. They believe the findings have been consistent enough to assert a certain link between pollution exposure and juvenile asthma, but they note that many important questions remain.

Several studies have shown that patients with sleep apnea are more likely than others to develop atrial fibrillation, but recent information indicates that any type of disrupted sleep may indicate an elevated risk.

Analysis of data from a large survey has identified a number of factors that predict depression in women with diabetes and could help physicians provide better care for such patients.

A new analysis of records from India and Vietnam has found a significant association between cesarean birth and childhood asthma. Studies of children born in wealthier countries have produced similar results.

Even patients on low- to medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids administered over a long period could be at risk for adrenal insufficiency.

A new analysis of data from the Framingham Offspring Study indicated that the consumption of sugary beverages – but not diet beverages – is strongly associated with the progression of insulin resistance and the development of prediabetes.

A single-center cross-sectional study has found elevated rates of fibromyalgia in patients with various forms of arthritis, including psoriatic arthritis. It joins previous studies that observed that the two painful conditions sometimes coincide.

Authors of a new meta-analysis of warfarin use in ESRD patients raised concerns that the anticoagulant may not lower stroke risk in these patients, and as such, might itself be an unnecessary risk.

The study authors believe that properly timed exercise could help patients lower body fat, cardiovascular risk, and the need for medication.

A large new meta-analysis has examined the connection between exercise and the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, and it has come to a simple conclusion: the more exercise, the greater the risk reduction.

A review of studies concludes that switching psoriatic arthritis patients who have stopped responding to one tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) to another will likely reduce their symptoms, but the effectiveness of each new medication will likely be less than each former medication.

A large registry study has found that short bouts of atrial fibrillation (AF) are not associated with any adverse events and, therefore, may not require anticoagulation or any other treatment.

The new study joins previous works that have found a significant connection between ablation and improved outcomes in atrial fibrillation patients.

Investigators studied mice that had been engineered so that the insulin signaling pathways in their livers were always fully activated. According to the dominant understanding of glucose production, this should have made it impossible for those mice to produce glucose in their livers.

Patients with active psoriatic arthritis treated with secukinumab for 2 years in the FUTURE-1 trial experienced sustained decreases in disease activity and symptoms, leading to improvements in physical function and quality of life.