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Mothers’ inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapies may impact their newborns, according to findings published in Gastroenterology.

The MD Magazine editors rounded up the 10 best stories from May – did you read them all?

Most US Army soldiers who attempted suicide from 2004 to 2009 did so prior to deployment to a combat zone, a study finds. They were not combat-scarred but may have found basic training and Army culture overwhelming.

It can sometimes seem like there truly is an app for everything these days. From tools that monitor how many steps the user takes each day to applications that assess sleep patterns, physicians and patients have a wide array of choices that can help them maintain good health.

An implanted version of the opiate addiction drug buprenorphine has been approved by the FDA.

When treating patients with a variety of conditions it can be easy for the lines of care to be blurred, this is particularly true when treating patients with conditions like diabetes and heart failure among others.

Treating patients with diabetes can be enough of a challenge for doctors, add in the comorbidity of cardiac conditions as well and the work gets that much harder to navigate for even the most veteran clinicians.

Sunny skies and summer months usually can’t arrive soon enough, and depending on travel destinations, skincare in the heat can be overwhelming.

Patients can control and reduce their risk for contracting colon cancer and colitis by maintaining a balance of two major isoforms, according to findings published in the journal eLife.

Pain medications can often cause side effects such as dizziness and sleepiness; but little do pregnant women know that they could be at risk for birth defects when taking pregabalin.

Psoriatic arthritis patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha can achieve remission, researchers in Ireland report.

The overwhelming experience of preparing for colonoscopies may no longer have to be tolerated on an empty stomach.

Studying the use of targeted medicines in psychiatry is still new but early studies have shown that this could be a viable treatment option in the future for some patients in need.

In the field of oncology the use of targeted medications is becoming more commonplace to address various conditions. Research is being done in other areas of medicine, including psychiatry to see if there is more that can be done to address this patient population as well.

Patients with diabetes face several challenges when it comes to coronary surgery success for numerous conditions. A recent study looked at the impact diabetes has on the success of coronary bypass grafts.

With the month of May dedicated to skin cancer awareness, new research brings to light more cases of skin cancer being diagnosed than breast, colon, lung, and prostrate cancers combined.

Andrographis paniculata, available as an herbal medicine, helped patients with MS in a double-blind placebo-controlled study.

MyCounterpane, an online gathering for the multiple sclerosis illness community, was recently featured on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. MyCounterpane also offers an illness community for those with mental illnesses and another for veterans.

The use of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) can enhance the efficiency of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Long-term exposure to cigarette smoke may change the structure of a patient’s airways and leave their lungs more susceptible to bacterial infection.

Using data from four previously published studies and using mathematical models to extrapolate data to the current year, researchers at Johns Hopkins contended that medical errors were now the third leading cause of death in the US today.

Surgeons perform approximately 800,000 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgeries globally each year.

The body’s reaction to a surgical incision is completely understandable - scars are unavoidable.

A recent analysis of past studies has shown that loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for both stroke and coronary heart disease with stroke showing a slightly greater association.

More good news on the Mediterranean diet, this time from the Mediterranean.

The Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAS) used among patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) may need a tuneup, researchers found.

Claims data is valuable for research, but patient-reports have been seen as unreliable. A study of MS patients found such data is accurate.

A new drug to treat psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has been approved in Europe and Japan, with regulatory approval pending worldwide.

Chronic lung disease (CLD) is more prevalent among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than the general population,

Researchers have determined that aspirin is the key to reducing the risk of an early recurrent stroke following a minor stroke or transient ischemic attack.