Internal Medicine

Clinicians should be familiar with all current testing options and assessment tools and be prepared to offer support and guidance to patients who may be embarrassed or unwilling to discuss this aspect of their health.

Despite many technological advances, better training and education are the most important factors to boost the detection of adenomas in the colon and reduce interval colorectal cancer.

Without proper assessment and treatment, a patient with mild colitis or Crohn's disease can easily transition into more severe disease.

With renewed attention on maximizing return on every dollar spent on health care, gastroenterologists need to take a thoughtful approach that takes cost and the overall patient experience into account when they make testing and treatment decisions with patients who have inflammatory bowel disease.

Polyethylene glycol in conjunction with fiber supplementation is an effective treatment for occasional constipation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

With fecal microbiota transplantation, patients with recurrent C. difficile infection can avoid prolonged, repeated courses of antibiotics. The procedure can also help to re-establish normal intestinal microbiome diversity, assisting patients in restoring colonization resistance.

Acetaminophen toxicity is the second most common cause of liver failure requiring transplantation in the US.

Mapping creatine in the heart via high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may help clinicians find abnormalities earlier than traditional diagnostic methods allow.

Although only one in 10 Americans with eating disorders pursue care, US endocrinologists see many patients who suffer the long-term consequences of the conditions.

Administering drops of the probiotic supplement Lactobacillus reuteri protectis in healthy infants results in fewer instances of colic, acid reflux, and constipation compared to placebo.

Physician offers insights on the role of testosterone supplementation in men with diabetes, and notes how clinical and managed care perspectives are integrated in practice.

There has been much speculation about whether the implementation of complex mental health parity rules will actually yield equal coverage of care.

A recent study published online in the Journal of the American Heart Association discovered an association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive decline in postmenopausal women between the ages of 65 and 79 years old.

Although testosterone supplementation has increased among older men in the past decade, study results show that many of these patients may not meet clinical guidelines for treatment.

In 10 randomized controlled studies, patients who chewed gum after elective colorectal surgery had shorter lengths of hospital stay and were less likely to experience complications.

Patients treated for chronic hepatitis C have increased levels of impulsiveness that is associated with other mental disorders.

A meta-analysis examines the association between the degree of egg consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke.

Although the aphorism "more is better" is outwardly intuitive, its application to clinical practice is best exercised with extreme caution.

Several factors should be considered when choosing a medication and dosing schedule for this depressed adult male who reports being "very sensitive" to medication and expresses particular concern about being either sedated or "revved up" from an antidepressant.

Calcium supplementation with or without a high-calcium diet increases the risk of heart disease, and thus should be discouraged.

Many years in the making, but not without controversy, the JNC 8 is a welcomed evidence-based guideline for the management of hypertension.

Although an increasing number of studies focus on health information technology (HIT), a recent review of those reports revealed many HIT components lack sufficient evidence on the effects of their implementation.

Revisit the articles from each medical specialty that attracted the most eyeballs in 2013.

Researchers from the Yale University schools of public health and medicine concluded the hepatitis C virus can remain infectious for up to six weeks on surfaces, based on their study results.

The European Association for the Study of the Liver published their updated Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of the hepatitis C virus, which includes updates regarding people who inject recreational drugs.

To analyze the risk factors for colectomy and post-operative mortality among Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) patients, a group of surgeons retrospectively reviewed CDC trends between 2001 and 2010.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has called for the sale of raw milk to be banned in the United States, as it warned that women, children, and infants should only consume pasteurized milk and milk products.

Rates of healthcare use vary greatly from one part of the United States to another, according to a new report for the Dartmouth Atlas Project.

Studies on drug pharmacokinetics in epilepsy patients are being conducted to help the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consider whether it needs to tighten bioequivalence rules for generic anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs) and other medications that have narrow therapeutic windows.

The FDA has approved Anoro Ellipta (umeclidinium and vilanterol inhalation powder) for the once-daily, long-term maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with COPD.