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Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Bernie Sanders.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Marco Rubio.

Agency to take measures to fight opioid abuse epidemic while protecting appropriate access to vitally important pain medications for the patients who need them.

Research suggests there is a significantly better treatment effect in schizophrenic patients who received music therapy than in those who did not, especially in those with a chronic course of the disease.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging dialysis providers to assess and improve infection control practices, in part because the agency has received an increased number of reports of newly acquired HCV infection among patients undergoing hemodialysis.

In part 2 of the interview, Dr. Waekcerle discussed some of the misconceptions surrounding the National Football League's handling of player safety relating to concussions, and plans for the future of treatment and diagnosis.

MD Magazine recently spoke with Joseph F. Waeckerle, MD, FACEP, Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and Editor Emeritus, Annals of Emergency Medicine, who has served for more than two decades on the NFL committees on brain injury.

Computer programs that use what’s called computer-adapted testing—or CAT—may be significantly more likely to lead to better outcomes patients who are at risk for skin cancer.

Researchers suggest that women may be at much greater risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than men -- perhaps as much as 50% more likely.

A nutritionist's odd diet may call into question much of what your patients are often told about the need to consume “healthy†foods to affect certain markers of health, such as body mass index and levels of “good†and “bad†cholesterol levels.

In a very unsurprising development with an even less suspenseful potential next step, a bill that would partially repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has landed on President Obama’s desk. With a muffled thud.

Recent study adds to several well-publicized studies earlier this year linking CRC to cooked red meats.

High levels of soluble biglycan (sBGN) are present in the synovial fluid of patients with severe osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. While the connection between sBGN and inflammation had been established by previous research, this study is among the first to demonstrate that higher concentrations of sBGN are present in more severe arthritis cases.

There is growing clinical evidence that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can have significant pulmonary manifestations and may be more effectively treated with a multi-specialty approach.

Researchers have found that low and high doses of the experimental immunotherapy drug ozanimod achieve better results than placebo for patients with ulcerative colitis.

Researchers will examine the effectiveness of educational efforts designed to prevent at-risk patients with type 1 diabetes from developing Celiac disease.

Part of an ongoing series that takes a high-level look at the positions of the leading nominees for President when it comes to political issues potentially impacting physicians, this installment focuses on Ben Carson.

Patients who have the hepatitis C virus are at a significantly higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Study results suggest that lidocaine injection might be better than ischemic compression in treating chronic pelvic pain in women.

Study results suggest that mass treatment with ivermectin followed by active case finding can result in a significant and sustained reduction of the presence of both scabies and bacterial skin infections.

A study has identified an across-the-board increase in the retail prices of dermatologic medications. The findings are consistent with other recent studies of pharmacologics in other specialties, but other trends in health care and circumstances unique to dermatologic conditions make the problem more significant.

A public health experiment in which the Egyptian government has obtained large quantities of sofosbuvir for much less than its retail price is impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people.

Collaboration between gastroenterologists and pathologists is essential in arriving at an accurate diagnosis for precursor lesions in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.

A recent review provides a sobering picture of the missing clinical links in research regarding current pharmacological treatment for chronic postoperative pain.

Study results suggest that antihyperglycemic agents are too often inappropriately discontinued after hospitalization for type 2 diabetes mellitus, possibly to the detriment of patients.

Researchers say there is no evidence that intra-articular corticosteroids or hyaluronic acid are more effective than placebo in treating carpometacarpal and interphalangeal osteoarthritis.

Study results suggest that patient preferences make up the lion’s share of the disparity in white and African-American patients who undergo total knee replacement.

Questions around the price of treatments for hepatitis C virus have been all over the news lately.

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have identified a new approach that may soon lead to the discovery of a vaccine to treat the hepatitis C virus.

Physicians and patients in Tasmania are finding creative ways to get around the high cost of drugs to treat the hepatitis C virus. The group is importing the medications in powdered form or as tablets, from countries like India, Bangladesh and China, where patents for the drug does not exist.