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Swedish researchers have developed a way to predict major bleeding in revascularized patients who have acute coronary syndrome.

In hospitalized patients with left main acute coronary symptom (LM-ACS), electrocardiographic characteristics can predict prognosis.

Smart phones could be to blame for a spike in tourists being tossed and gored by bison in a national park, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report concludes.

Faced with a heroin epidemic that has addicts dying in public places one city considers European-style "safe injection facilities."

The FDA has approved ixekizumab (Taltz/Eli Lilly) for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. It is administered by injection.

Measles can cause illness and death, and not just in humans. The CDC reports on three dead whales that had the virus.

Powders used to make it easier to put on surgical gloves can cause asthma in patients and doctors. They can result in adhesions and even tumors in surgical patients. The dangers have been known for years and alternative products are available.

The CDC has confirmed Zika infections in 116 US residents, but that doesn't include cases confirmed in state labs or people who had it and never knew it. All the CDC cases are related to returning travelers.

Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia PA has gotten the okay to start transplanting livers and kidneys from HIV-positive donors into patients with HIV. The transplant team expects to do such a surgery within the next few weeks.

A common house mouse turned out to be the culprit in an outbreak of viral meningitis in Minnesota.

Advanced age is not the only risk factor to consider when deciding whether a patient with atrial fibrillation should get anticoagulants.

North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY is holding a weekly clinic for pregnant women who want to be tested for Zika.

The first uterus transplant done in the US has failed,less than two weeks after surgery officials at Cleveland Clinic announced today.

Adding tiotropium bromide inhalation spray to asthma therapies improved lung function, symptom control, and also reduced flare-ups, studies have found.

This season's flu shot is 60% effective--much better than last year's 23% score, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Are US physicians worried about Zika virus? Define "worried." MD Magazine surveyed physician readers and found most are concerned, but to varying degrees.

As the work of the Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Health Center for Military Veterans and Their Families continues there have been countless stories about how they have helped not just to treat veterans but improve their family lives and help them move forward better than they were before.

While treating a veteran with post traumatic stress disorder is important, it is also proving to be equally as important to ensure that their friends and loved ones are being taken care of as well. When everything comes together the results have proven to be beyond the expectations of those involved in the overall treatment process.

In previous generations post traumatic stress disorder was either not diagnosed or not acknowledged. While there is still some resistance to treatment many veterans are now receiving the kind of help that may not have been available to those who served before them.

Treating a patient after experiencing a traumatic event can be challenging for even the most seasoned medical professional. However, with the right therapy and a range of medications available many service members can complete treatment and move forward with their lives.

As service men and women continue to face combat in the war on terror the after affects of their time in the military continue to be felt. Post traumatic stress disorder is a common thread dating back to the days of Vietnam and Korea and beyond but diagnosis continues to improve today.

Overall, three drugs available to treat diabetic macular edema all did a good job, researchers found in a national clinical trial. One costs $60 per injection, the others cost over $1,200 and $1,850. But the most expensive one did best in a subset of patients.

Cleveland Clinic surgeons (photo) performed a successful uterine transplant, the nation's first.

People who were using illicit drugs and sought treatment for Hepatitis C infection did just as well on direct-acting antivirals as non-drug users, Bronx, NY researchers report.

In research presented at the ACTRIMS Forum in New Orleans, researchers raised an intriguing question: why has the median time of onset to diagnosis of MS increased for veterans of the Gulf War?

Canadian researchers found that a small percentage of MS patients tested positive for Lyme disease.

MRI scans were surprisingly lacking in sensitivity when it came to tracking the progress of MS. National Institutes of Health researchers came up with a new scale of measurement.

Obesity, along with the composition of the microbiome in the gut, have been suggested as being elements that may contribute to the risk of multiple sclerosis. Patients surveyed said they would be willing to change diet to see if it helped their illness.

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted breakthrough therapy designation for ocrelizumab (Ocrevust/Roche).

In the first publicized case of a hospital victimized by a cyberattack, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles said it paid about $17,000 to regain access to its electronic medical records after they were shut down by a weeklong cyber attack. The payment was in bitcoin.