Internal Medicine

Researchers at Temple University believe they have found a way to help remove any traces of HIV-1 from a person's body as work continues toward a cure for the virus.

The odds of a major adverse cardiovascular event were more than 14-fold higher when the surgeries were done within the first 3 months after stroke compared with surgery in patients with no stroke history.

Agent Orange exposure several decades earlier may increase morbidity from various diseases, some of which have rarely been explored in previous epidemiologic studies.

Although there are a wide variety of treatment options available for patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, methods for finding the proper course of treatment are still under development.

In 2 recent clinical trials, a treatment for young patients diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder reportedly demonstrated benefit over another currently used ADHD medication.

Recent efforts to overhaul standards of care for both food allergies in general and anaphylaxis in particular led expert panels from the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology to a shocking conclusion.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new drug aimed to aid the thousands of Americans affected by hereditary angioedema.

A team of researchers has discovered a new course of treatment that could be a major step in curing those co-infected with hepatitis C virus and HIV.

For as long as baseball has been America's pastime Major League Baseball (MLB) players have been taking the field with mouthfuls of chewing tobacco and spewing the resulting liquid all over the place, from the dugouts to the outfield.

Study results indicate androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) does not extend the lives of men with early-stage prostate cancer.

Although small-bowel capsule endoscopy is often used to evaluate unexplained abdominal pain, a new analysis has found the procedure's diagnostic yield is limited.

In an effort to help patients diagnosed with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, drug manufacturer Roche announced the results of a pair of clinical studies on its investigational medication, crenezumab.

The US Senate Finance Committee recently requested detailed pricing information on Sovaldi (sofosbuvir), its breakthrough oral treatment for hepatitis C.

A recent article examines the factors that influence a clinician's decision to continue a statin-intolerant patient on statin therapy when the benefits potentially outweigh the risks.

Clinicians must be more prepared to discuss the full range of options for refractory epilepsy treatment with their patients.

Since roughly 70-80% of indeterminate thyroid nodules are diagnosed as benign from histologic follow-up of fine-needle aspiration cytology, researchers have conducted numerous studies to identify the clinical risk factors that predict malignancy.

New research on the link between antihypertensive medications and atrial fibrillation suggests diuretics may trigger new cases of the condition, while angiotensin-converting enzymes may protect against it.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently announced its approval of a new medication for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Since many patients have insulin resistance, prescribing insulin therapy for diabetes often requires trial and error.

Researchers at Tufts University have further clarified a key protein's role in bipolar disorder.

In a recent survey, physicians identified peer-reviewed journal articles, continuing medical education, evidence-based guidelines, and national experts as the most useful sources of information to stay current on therapeutic advances.

Although the healthcare community's understanding of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis under stress is fairly good, one point has baffled researchers.

When patients with primary hypothyroidism report weight gain, most clinicians understandably believe that initiating appropriate thyroid hormone treatment will reverse the symptom.

A story that captivated the medical community for the past few years has reportedly taken a bad turn, as a 4-year-old child who was previously believed to be cured of HIV is once again showing signs of the virus.

Surprisingly, soldiers who have killed in combat are less likely to develop an addiction to alcohol, according to researchers at American University.

Although it is widely understood that hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the leading causes of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, an alarming number of HBV and HCV carriers have unhealthy habits that result in poor liver health.

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." While this statement attributed to Voltaire is less true today than it was in the philosopher's time, there is still a familiar ring to it.

While half of all HIV/AIDS patients are African American, they only comprise 30% of those enrolled in clinical trials on the disease.

Researchers from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne report having developed a fast and accurate method for determining exactly which milk proteins produce allergic reactions in specific patients.

Researchers in Australia have released the results of a study showing that dropping testosterone levels in older men could potentially put them at risk when taking care of themselves in their later years.