Internal Medicine

Study results show older patients who use ibuprofen and other prescription and over-the-counter NSAIDs are at increased risk for atrial fibrillation.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients have a 1-in-4 chance of developing chronic kidney disease, according to research published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease.

A recently-discovered subclass of HIV antibodies responds to a combination of vaccines, according to research published in Science Translational Medicine.

Isotretinoin, a treatment for severe acne, has been linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in some case reports and 1 study. To investigate whether isotretinoin can induce IBD, French researchers conducted a 2-year nationwide registry study.

As internists, the best product we can offer to patients is our opinion derived from clinical experience and education.

In the field of women's health, the publication of the 2002 Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study was such a defining event that clinicians talk about menopausal hormone therapy "before WHI" and "after WHI."

Obese women who smoke may not be able to fully perceive creaminess and sweetness, according to a study published in Obesity.

Initiating testosterone therapy in healthy older men substantially increases their risk of myocardial infarction, according to a cohort study published in PLOS One.

There is a correlation between behavioral health and high levels of liberalism and social trust, according to the findings of a study published in Social Science & Medicine.

Patients who also responded positively to preoperative non-invasive transcranial stimulation analgesic effect were more likely to experience long-term benefit from MCS.

Study results show that more than one-third of men with diabetes have low serum testosterone levels, and that risk of low testosterone increases with age.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is currently the leading cause of blindness in working-age populations and among the most serious complications of chronic diabetes.

Men who began smoking before age 11 are more likely to have sons with higher BMIs than sons of men who never smoke, according to research in the European Journal of Human Genetics.

The use of baclofen, typically used for spasms in spinal cord injury patients, can significantly reduce craving triggers for cocaine-addicted patients.

Federal plan includes new hepatitis C testing recommendations, enhanced hepatitis B education and outreach initiatives, and increased efforts at surveillance to monitor disease transmission, and other components.

A once-monthly injectable treatment significantly reduces psychiatric hospitalization for schizophrenia compared to daily oral antipsychotics.

More frequent blood transfusions can lead to higher rates of costly hospital infections, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Although the US Food and Drug Administration revised its approval processes for antihyperglycemic agents to include cardiovascular safety components, researchers still cannot discern whether those drugs affect cardiovascular outcomes.

Janssen will test the combination simeprevir 150 mg and sofosbuvir 400 mg in approximately 400 hepatitis c treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients.

The FDA has granted Bexsero, a meningococcal group B vaccine, breakthrough therapy status.

For psoriatic arthritis patients, there is a connection between their condition and cardiovascular risk, according to a cross-sectional study published in the 9th volume of Mædica

Obesity rates – and associated patient suffering and societal costs – are climbing, despite the fact that biomedical and public health experts better understand the causes and have more tools to combat it.

In atrial fibrillation patients, high blood pressure is associated with increased risk of stroke, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Washington, DC in March.

For patients with HIV, there is a negative correlation between drinking frequency and antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, according to a cross-sectional study published online in Patient Preference and Adherence.

Bristol Myers-Squibb announced it has submitted new drug applications for the investigational products daclatasvir and asunaprevir for the treatment of patients with genotype 1b hepatitis C.

Gilead's new drug application for a once-daily, fixed dose combination of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection in adults has been given priority review by the FDA.

Although many clinicians presumed patients with poor collateral blood vessel formation near their stroke site should have their blood pressure left high to prevent a second stroke, a study published in Neurology found lowering blood pressure to normal levels reduces subsequent stroke risk more effectively.

Considering a patient's age in an abnormal pulmonary embolism test result can lead to fewer misdiagnoses in healthy individuals.

The newly approved naloxone auto-injector has the potential to save many lives, but should not be viewed as the Holy Grail of the ongoing fight to prevent overdose deaths from opioid abuse and misuse.

Research in fruit flies shows an enzyme commonly targeted by epilepsy medications contributes to sleep loss, according to research published in Molecular Psychiatry.