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Tribal violence in a remote area of South Sudan has caused facilities run by the international medical relief organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders/MSF) to cease operation and over 100 local MSF staffers to flee into the surrounding countryside.

Thiazide-induced hyponatremia is associated with an increased risk of fracture, but this is due to confounding factors, not hyponatremia itself, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have found.

Treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis patients with tumor necrosis factor antagonists produces no reduction in the risk of acute coronary syndrome, researchers in Sweden have found.

For the first time ever, a US government advisory board has asked several scientific journals to withhold details of experiments out of concern that terrorists could use the information in question to create deadly pathogens and trigger epidemics.

Ardea Biosciences announced on Monday that it would soon begin the first of four planned Phase 3 clinical trials of its experimental gout drug lesinurad.

A strictly controlled diet allowed obese knee osteoarthritis patients to lose weight while increasing levels of key nutrients and maintaining total bone mineral content and bone mineral density, researchers in Denmark have found.

Six years ago, Kirk Withrow, MD, had never heard of cigar box guitars. Today, he has made over 100 of the quirky instruments and recorded a number of albums featuring them. He also holds down a day job as a head and neck surgeon and assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.

An experimental HIV vaccine using a killed whole virus and developed at the University of Western Ontario in Canada has received approval from the FDA to begin human clinical trials next month, the university has announced.

Death rates are somewhat higher for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, especially from respiratory diseases, though incidence rates of malignancies are not significantly different from the general population, researchers at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea, have discovered.

Magnetic resonance imaging does not improve outcomes for patients with sciatica who are candidates for epidural steroid injection and has only a minor effect on decision making regarding treatment for these patients, researchers have found.

As the number of digital devices in the hospital setting multiplies, we may be entering a "digital nightmare" in which health care providers are so preoccupied with gadgets that patient care suffers significantly.

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic have found evidence that multiple sclerosis proceeds from the cerebral cortex on the outside of the brain toward the white matter on the inside of the brain, challenging the generally held theory that the disease proceeds from the inside out.

A research group based in Israel has published results of a study investigating how the clinical characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux disease patients who respond to proton pump inhibitor therapy differ from those of patients who fail to respond.

Higher doses of milk protein in dry powder form are more effective than lower doses of liquid milk extract in treating childhood milk allergies, a new study finds.

Elevated stress hormones in infancy appear to be linked to allergies in the first two years of life, a new study finds.

Soccer as well as elite long-distance running, weightlifting, and wrestling appear to increase one's risk of developing knee osteoarthritis, while other sports do not, a review of past studies finds.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology's list of the top five advances in cancer screening, prevention, and treatment over the last year includes two that address lung cancer: a finding that detection with CT scans leads to reduced lung cancer deaths and the FDA's approval of crizotinib to treat non-small-cell lung cancer in patients whose tumors have a specific mutation.

Botulism toxins, already used to treat some nerve disorders as well as wrinkles in the form of Botox, can be re-engineered to potentially treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, and psoriasis, a new study finds.

A multi-state outbreak of infection with Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli that occurred in 2009 has been traced back to an unlikely source: uncooked commercial prepackaged cookie dough.

Gout is associated with a significantly increased risk of cancer, particularly prostate cancer in men, a recent study finds.

Chronic low back pain patients have a significantly increased comorbidity and health care cost burden, a new study finds.

In this interview, Robert Zivadinov, MD, PhD, discusses the relationship between multiple sclerosis and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency and his recent study finding similar risk factors for the two conditions.

Hyponatremia is a significant risk factor for falls in the elderly, finds a new study conducted by researchers at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso.

Knee pain associated with osteoarthritis has increased dramatically over the last few decades independent of age and body mass index, though radiographic osteoarthritis has not increased, a new study finds.

Radiofrequency treatment of patients with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease appears to improve symptoms by decreasing compliance of the gastroesophageal junction, a new study suggests.

Horizon Pharma announced last Tuesday that the FDA had accepted its new drug application for Lodotra, a delayed-release formulation of low-dose prednisone, for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in adults.

Several risk factors for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency are also risk factors for multiple sclerosis, finds a new study.

Annual worldwide downloads of mHealth apps will be 44 million next year and reach 142 million by 2016, predicts a report released earlier this week by UK-based Juniper Reports.

The novel enzyme inhibitor combined with allopurinol demonstrated significantly better serum uric acid control than placebo plus allopurinol.

Physicians with a financial interest in medical imaging equipment appear to be more likely to refer patients for unnecessary lower back imaging exams, a new study finds.