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Researchers used pre-clinical models of MS, as well as samples from patients with MS, in order to demonstrate that diet and gut flora may influence the activity of astrocytes, the cells that control inflammation and neurodegeneration in the brain.

On a global scale each year, half the number type 2 diabetics are undiagnosed with the average age of onset steadily falling.

Citing attorney misconduct, a California federal judge overturned a jury award decision that would have required Gilead Sciences to pay $200 million in damages to pharmaceutical giant Merck.

Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of both nocturnal intermittent hypoxia and sleep fragmentation, and type 2 diabetics are up to 20 times more likely to suffer from sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

Atopic dermatitis and other inflammatory skin diseases like psoriasis often occur in patients who are also more sensitive to treatment-related skin irritation.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved insulin glargine U-300 (Toujeo®), and insulin lispro U-200 (Humalog® U-200).

Patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration have shown a suboptimal response to ranibizumab over time. Several studies have established that switching from ranibizumab to aflibercept enhanced visual acuity and resulted in anatomic improvement in many of these patients, but the factors determining visual outcomes remained unclear.

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Dermatologists have long advised against giving daily baths to kids suffering from eczema, but new research has debunked that practice – a daily wash is acceptable, followed by plenty of moisturizer.

Novartis conducted a global survey of 8,338 patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis across 31 countries to assess patients’ perceptions of what constitutes “clear skin.â€

Scientists have identified several new host factors which provide clues about how the cis-acting replication element (CRE) functions in the hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Racial disparity in stroke deaths could go away with better prevention efforts targeting blacks, a study found.

At least 40% of asthma patients remain symptomatic despite treatment with inhaled corticosteroids with or without long-acting beta-2 agonists.

Current Medicaid policies restrict treatment to people with advanced hepatitis C. But what would costs be like if there was unrestricted access to medications that have proven to cure the disease?

In the ten years since the US Surgeon General's ground-breaking report on the dangers of secondhand smoke, there has been much progress--and pockets of fierce resistance to smoking bans.

While psoriasis has long been linked to other inflammatory conditions, there is little information about psoriasis-related hospitalization.

Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Epclusa) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a wide range of patients with chronic hepatitis C.

Researchers at The University of Queensland are currently testing a new drug with the potential to reverse, or even halt, the development of asthma.

The introduction of anti-VEGF drugs should have prevented vision loss and even blindness in many diabetics. But physicians are not using these drugs as frequently as researchers recommend, a study finds.

Cold hard facts remain absent on if cataract surgery leads progression in age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Across the spectrum of medicine machines are being trained to play a larger role in the diagnosis and treatment process. A recent study looked at whether machines are better at predicting the future for a patient and their overall care.

Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) can be treated with intravitreal ranibizumab or intravitreal aflibercept. Researchers in Japan found they are equivalent in terms of how long patients can go before retreatment, but that one confers better vision than the other.

High-density lipoproteins have long been believed to play a role in the development of age-related macular degeneration. What about HDL?

Genetic factors are at work in determining who gets age-related macular degeneration, and its progression, a German team reported.

Location should matter more than non-profit status when it comes to forgiving medical school debt for physicians who work in underserved areas, a group of medical residents believes.

Research involving infants exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) offers new insight into naturally produced antibodies.

In patients diagnosed with psoriasis, disease severity has been strongly associated with developing a higher risk of comorbidities affecting the kidney, liver, and pancreas.

Getting parents with children who have asthma to use primary care doctors to control the condition can be difficult in urban settings where emergency rooms are commonly used for asthma visits. A team reports on using electronic communications to get these patients to their PCPs instead.

Girls who are obese are more likely to also have asthma than are obese boys.

There is no proof of the added benefit of using umeclidinium bromide for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptom relief in patients.