Dava Stewart

Sirolimus reduces the risk of skin cancer for organ transplant recipients in certains situations, a recent study found.

There's bad news for Parkinson's Disease patients: physiotherapy and occupational therapy appears to be fruitless, researchers found.

Concerns about antiobiotic overuse have led to a search for an alternative treatment for strep throat infections. Italian researchers found children with recurrent pharyngo-tonsillar infections responded to a probiotic, Streptococcus salivarius K12.

French researchers explored whether or not the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification could predict mortality risk factors. They found patients assessed as having low risk but who had more symptoms were more likely than other patients to die of cardiovascular causes.

Being depressed or tired makes people less alert, but not sleepy, a Canadian study found. That means that sleepiness and poor alertness are not the same, and that doctors should not use the terms interchangeably.

Intensifying antituberculosis treatment did not improve the survival rate in patients with tuberculous meningitis, a study in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam found.

Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) should be considered as an alternative option to cyclophosphamide, a Thai research team found.

Researchers examined records to explore the incidence of emergency department (ED) visits and subsequent hospitalizations related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and found that the costs are “significant and increasing.â€

A change in body mass index does not appear to affect survival in patients with Parkinson’s Disease, a new analysis found. But tracking BMI is useful in predicting the course of the disease.

Even with direct-acting antivirals, not all patients with chronic hepatitis C can be cured. That might be because patients develop antibodies to interferon, a drug that is still part of DAA regimens, Italian researchers report.

Researchers find non-invasive way to measure uric acid in blood.

Bronchoscopic treatment with nitinol coils works better than usual care for patients with severe emphysema, French researchers found.

Researchers reviewed all published data regarding the risk for recurrence, metastasis and disease specific death related to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and found that tumor depth and tumor diameter are important factors.

Three biomarkers can be used as non-invasive diagnostic tools in cases of ischemic stroke, contributing important information, according to a recent study.

UK researchers who surveyed the literature on treating epilepsy with multiple drugs found the combination of valproate and lamotrigine appears most promising, but note that much research needs to be done to find the right therapies for individual patients,

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, it may be easier to reduce deaths than to curb readmissions for acute episodes.

Patients with arterial hypertension are less likely to experience death or complications when taking selexipag, according to a recent study.

Acne may be a sign of pre-diabetes, a study of young men with skin problems suggests.

Drug shortage led to promising treatment discovery in Ebola virus disease.

Resuming treatment of oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation who experienced gastrointestinal bleeding led to a higher risk of more bleeding, but better outcomes overall, Danish researchers found.

Researchers have found that administering the antiparasitic drug ivermectin to an entire population is an effective way to reduce scabies and impetigo

Patients who have emphysema without interlobar collateral ventilation experience improved pulmonary function and have greater capacity for exercise when they receive endobronchial valve treatment.

Giving extremely preterm infants inhaled budesonide may lower the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, but may also increase the risk of mortality.

Cleveland Clinic had success with adding telemedicine to the operation of its mobile stroke treatment unit. The change could potentially reduce costs of operating the unit.

Does having a fever help fight infection? Patients who got acetaminophen to relieve fever while in intensive care units did about as well as patients who got a placebo when it came to mortality. But in a puzzling finding, survivors who got the drug tended to have shorter ICU stays while those who died and got acetaminophen had longer ICU stays.

Depression appears to be a risk factor for patients who have both that condition and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These patients are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital with acute episodes of COPD, Alabama researchers report.

The amount of Ebola virus in an infected person's blood is a strong predictor of death, researchers in Senegal report.

Behcet's syndrome continues to puzzle rheumatologists.Several studies in 2014 and 2015 examined various aspects of this rare disorder.

Tuberculosis is still with us. In a journal article, researchers reviewed the status of treatment and challenges remaining.

Mandibular advancement devices and continuous airway pressure are equally effective therapies for reducing blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a study finds.