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A recent study suggests that high salt intake is closely associated with elevated risks of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

With the amount of information we are hit with day in and day out, our minds need a way of quickly triaging it. This is what stereotyping does. But let's not confuse stereotyping with prejudice. The latter is negative and the former doesn't have to be.

Depression affects 20-40 percent of heart failure patients and is often linked to loss of motivation/ interest/confidence, lower quality of life, sleep disturbances, and changes in appetite with related weight changes.

A US Senate investigation found that drug maker Gilead Sciences sought to maximize profits of its blockbuster hepatitis C drug, without any significant consideration of the thousands of patients who could not afford its pricey pill.

Even in hospital settings patients can suffer fatal cardiac events if they are not properly monitored. This is especially true at night when staffing numbers drop and families are not with their loved ones until morning.

A new prospective study supports retrospective analyses that link central sleep apnea and Cheyne Stokes respiration with the onset of atrial fibrillation in older men, particularly those age 75 years and older.

Cystic fibrosis patients who lose pancreatic function are failing to avail themselves of operations that could replace their damaged organs and restore their ability to digest food and manage blood sugar.

Using MRI and CT scans can provide insight into better and more appropriate treatments for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Depression may be a very early symptom of Parkinson's disease, or a risk factor for the disease.

Study results suggest that extracorporeal shock wave therapy may be an effective pain reliever for patients suffering from coccydynia.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded a $14 million grant to a research team at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine to determine how best to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who have used injectable drugs.

New research shows that ramosetron reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and increases stool consistency and quality of life in women.

Behcet's syndrome continues to puzzle rheumatologists.Several studies in 2014 and 2015 examined various aspects of this rare disorder.

In the history of military medicine amputation has been a common practice through the years. As technology has developed work has been done to see whether limbs that might have otherwise been amputated in the past can in fact be salvaged in some way going forward.

Study results suggest that high meat intake increases IBD risk, and this association varies by the type of meat consumed.

Physician describes his account of PQRS and Meaningful Use, which he says is unethical.

Located on the campus of the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio the Center for the Intrepid is an inspiring facility in the world of military medicine helping wounded service members move forward after amputations.

As the only level one trauma center in the Department of Defense doctors at Brooke Army Medical Center often see the most badly wounded service members coming in from all over the world. How they treat those patients can help improve care in local civilian trauma centers and emergency departments in the future.

Located in San Antonio Brooke Army Medical Center has undergone considerable changes since opening nearly 20 years ago. Those changes have meant better care not only for their local patients but also service members who are sent there from all over the world on a daily basis.

New research designed to measure the accuracy and validity of a trio of tools designed to assess quality of life in psoriatic arthritis patients indicates that none are comprehensive enough to be used alone and suggests that caregivers use 2 of the assessments in tandem.

Hepatologists around the world are seeing an influx of patients with various liver conditions including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Finding ways to treat these patients has become a growing area of the field. These issues are the same whether doctors are treating military patients or those in civilian practice alike.

Study results suggest that a treatment for psoriasis and multiple sclerosis may induce a dangerous adverse effect, particularly in women. The finding is potentially important, because while treatment with fumaric acid esters has been around for more than 40 years, it is now being used more widely in the United States, Germany, and other areas.

Researchers recently published a study that examined patients' activity level and health-related quality of life after lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

Most surgeons agree that recovery and survivorship after total hip replacement may be linked to various implant's characteristics, especially fixation technique and bearing surface type.

There may be a link between the inflammatory proteins that cause rheumatoid arthritis and the development of heart valve disease.

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have called for the abandonment of standard approaches for investigating the risk of violence among psychiatric patients and prisoners in all future studies due to findings that show these approaches to be inaccurate.

Study results indicate that parental death during childhood appears to increase long-term risk of suicide among that parent's children, regardless of the parent's cause of death.

It has become unnecessary for dermatologists to request monthly lab tests for patients administered standard doses of isotretinoin for the treatment of severe acne.

If copper clothing is on your list of options to treat chronic pain, you might want to rethink that one.

Tuberculosis is still with us. In a journal article, researchers reviewed the status of treatment and challenges remaining.