Family Medicine

Current dietary guidelines promoting high consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids and low consumption of total saturated fats are not clearly supported by the medical literature.

The relationship between food insecurity and weight appears to be paradoxical, since food insecurity is often associated with not only undernutrition and recurring hunger, but also overnutrition and obesity.

Using trained language assistants for 18 structured home visits improved phonological skills and letter knowledge in children with language delay, which has the potential to enhance literacy in this population.

With the US Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of 2 sublingual immunotherapies for allergic rhinitis with or without conjunctivitis, US physicians no longer have to pursue the off-label use of these treatments.

An intranasal midazolam spray designed to treat seizures in epilepsy patients yielded favorable results in an early trial.

Research from Chile suggests that low levels of free testosterone - rather than high ones - indicate that an apparently low-risk case of prostate cancer will require treatment.

Study of novel investigational IL-17 receptor antibody meets all primary and secondary endpoints.

Among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, a combination of estriol and Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) reduced the rate of relapse by 50% percent within one year of treatment.

Because they can share similar symptoms, gout and psoriatic arthritis are commonly misdiagnosed.

Researchers say it may be possible to diagnose and monitor peripheral neuropathy induced by HIV, replacing more invasive methods of testing such as skin biopsy.

Analysis of American hospital data found that the incidence of strokes associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) shot up 42% in just 7 years.

An all-oral antiviral drug combination that included ombitasvir and dasabuvir with and without ribavirin resulted in high cure rates among patients with hepatitis C virus infections in first-time treatments for the disease, according to an article published in the May 4, 2014, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Zontivity (vorapaxar) was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.

Research from North Carolina's biggest universities that identified new ways to bind polyphenol-rich foods with peanut flour may one day help patients with severe food allergies develop increased tolerance without risking anaphylaxis.

The Endocrine Society's new the Accurate Insulin Decisions smartphone app provides support for patients and physicians with setting realistic blood sugar goals and easily adjusting insulin doses.

Given the well-known popularity of mobile medical apps among physicians and doctors-in-training alike, new research has gauged the lesser-known impact of the apps on clinical practice.

Taken as monotherapy or together with antidepressants or other mood stabilizers, Invega Sustenna (paliperidone palmitate) reduces relapse in schizoaffective patients.

Honey bee venom is being used to treat pain for multiple sclerosis and osteoarthritis, according to a report from CBS News.

Patients with schizoaffective disorder who were treated with paliperidone palmitate (as monotherapy and adjunctive therapy) experienced delayed time to relapse and reduced risk of relapse compared to patients treated with placebo.

Adult patients with binge eating disorder who were treated for 12 weeks with lisdexamfetamine dimesylate reported having 4 fewer binge days per week, and also experienced improvements in weight and triglyceride levels.

Patients in a trial of a first-in-class medication for the treatment of female sexual dysfunction reported improvement in overall sexual function, including an increase in the number of satisfying sexual events, and a concomitant decrease in distress levels associated with sexual dysfunction.

Results from the PEARL-II study show treatment-experienced patients with hepatitis C genotype 1b achieved SVR rates of greater than 96% when treated with a combination of ABT 450 with ritonavir, co-formulated with ombitasvir and dasabuvir, without the need for ribavirin.

Patients with celiac disease treated with larazotide acetate experienced improvements in GI symptoms and non-GI symptoms such as headache and fatigue, as well as significant reductions in the number of symptomatic days.

Patients with IBS-D in two phase II trials of eluxadoline experienced sustained improvements in abdominal pain and bowel symptoms at 26 weeks of treatment, with mild side effects.

A new study of atrial fibrillation patients who require regular dialysis found more episodes of irregular heartbeat on dialysis days - particularly when dialysis was actually taking place - than at other times.

For people diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis that show only mild symptoms of joint pain and swelling, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are usually the first treatment option to consider.