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Researchers evaluated the effects of ursodeoxycholic acid supplementation on nutritional status in patients with mild liver disease.

A global study conducted by 50 different research centers has discovered hundreds of genes that cause five common, hard-to-treat inflammatory diseases

The prescription opioid epidemic is a major problem, to say the least, and the number of overdoses has quadrupled since 1999. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new guidelines designed to reduce prescription opioid misuse and abuse.

As patients seek help for chronic and acute pain problems doctors and health care professionals continue to seek new treatment options beyond surgery and medication.

With a continually growing opioid addiction new guidelines have been adopted looking to help fight this problem across the population. Some concerns have been raised about whether this will cause doctors to shy away from prescribing the medications for patients who can benefit most from them.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may benefit from improved diet and resistance training, according to a recent study.

The manufacturer of an experimental cannabis-based drug Epidiolex (GW Pharmaceuticals) announced Monday that the product successfully treated children with Dravet syndrome, the rare form of severe epilepsy.

The drug nelfinavir, used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), may also benefit skin cancer patients.

The National Football League (NFL) has long upheld its position that effects from playing the game are not linked to the neurological disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). But for the first time, an official with the organization is acknowledging the connection.

Since controlling diabetes has an effect on breast tissue, diabetes treatment may lessen breast cancer risk, a Danish study found.

When it comes to diabetes screening, big data may uncover more cases. A California team came up with a new algorithm that assesses risk.

Why would the pancreas need a bacteria-killing protein when it isn’t normally exposed to bacteria? A Canadian team has the answer.

Predictive models of type 2 diabetes risk may not work as well in assessing African American patients, a study found.

Truvada has been shown effective in preventing HIV infection, but for it to work for women it takes a daily dose, while men may get by with just two weekly doses, North Carolina researchers report.

The cost of treating HIV in nine nations in Africa with antiretroviral drugs through 2050 is an estimated $261 billion, far more than the $98 billion it will cost to sustain current levels of treatment, a Harvard study found.

Multi-biomarker disease activity radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis patients up to two years past diagnosis, new research finds.

With the announcement of a new medical school thanks to a partnership between Seton Hall University and Hackensack University Health Network the two New Jersey institutions are working to address a growing shortage of physicians in a number of specialties across the country.

Hackensack University Medical Center can trace its roots back to a blizzard back in the late 1800's when residents in northern New Jersey could not get across the Hudson River to get the care they needed. Since that time it has grown into the flagship of one of the largest health networks in the metropolitan area.

Just in time for National Potato Chip Day, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a guidance for the food industry on ways to reduce a potential carcinogen in the salty snack food, as well as in French fries.

The Affordable Care Act has had a significant impact on the health care landscape beyond patients having more access to health insurance. For hospitals and health care systems they have also had to adjust to provide a high quality of care for patients.

Researchers say that platelet activator factor receptors are to blame for the cognitive issues that multiple sclerosis patients develop as their disease progresses.

Even if you know what you’re doing, it can be hard to make good hires. Because doctors are trained to practice medicine, many receive little or no training in how to run a business—or how to make great hires for non-clinical positions. Here are some tried-and-true tips to help you make sure your next hire doesn’t turn into your next headache.

The practice of medicine moves pretty fast, leaving little time for doctors to involve themselves with insurance, paperwork and office business processes. Of course, quality doctors and nurses are critical to excellent patient care. But without the right office staff, your practice could quickly be sent into a tailspin.

Tattoo aficionados who appreciate the creative license behind professional inking can now take solace in the potential health benefits of tattoos.

A new analytic method for studying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma can be conducted outside the body, according to findings published in Nature Methods.

Depression can be worsened with inflammation, according to findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

The central nervous system plays a role in painful diabetic peripheral nerve disease, according to findings presented in the journal Pain.

Pain is one area of medicine that continues to provoke questions, and a recent study suggests that exercise-induced pain is in a category of its own.

Initial treatment with once-daily ivermectin 1% cream (Soolantra/Galderma) resulted in longer remission for patients suffering from moderate-to-severe papulopustular rosacea, compared to the initial treatment with twice daily metronidazole 0.75% cream.

Imaging technology has made clinical trials in rheumatology shorter and more sensitive, but more research is needed on how best to use ultrasound and MRI in practice.