Endocrinology

The app is "aimed squarely at patients," according to iMedical Apps editors, enabling them to learn about the medical center and affiliated doctors.

The transplanted cells strongly activate genes that help to guard against damage from endoplasmic reticulum stress, and suppress other genes that may trigger cellular attempts to self-destruct.

The latest versions of Wordpress and other blogging software make it fast, cheap, and easy to create and manage a website for your medical practice.

This recent comment from a patient during an exam led Dr. Pullen to reflect on the many things that physicians do during an office visit that may seem odd to patients.

The timing of the onset of a patient's symptoms can serve as a critical piece of the puzzle when trying to determine a diagnosis.

Researchers found a significant decrease in average blood sugar levels from a baseline of 8.3% to 7.5% in the group using sensors and insulin pumps, compared to 8.3% to 8.1% in the multiple daily injection group, at one year.

Found in grapes, blueberries, peanuts and other plants, resveratrol may help treat age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinopathy of prematurity by stopping angiogensis.

The team from the University of California, San Francisco, found that serotonin greatly increases the release of two pregnancy hormones, prolactin and placental lactogen.

For each study measure, there was a graded increase in the risk of diabetes with increasing quantiles of adiposity. Participants in the highest category of adiposity had an approximately 2- to 6-fold increased risk compared with those in the lowest category.

Just over half of US men see a doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant for routine care, compared to nearly three-quarters of women, according to AHRQ research.

Nearly 70 percent of women with sexual dysfunction no longer have the condition, and nearly all patients with high cholesterol had returned to normal levels, within six months of bariatric surgery and gastric bypass, respectively.