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The field of rheumatology is largely the same whether it is in the civilian or military world. Differences can be seen in the cause of some of these conditions as well as the treatment options pursued by doctors.

Children with pneumonia have an increased risk of developing COPD and decreased lung-function, Boston researchers say.

Negative emotions can affect more than your mental health; a recent report concluded they also make painful conditions even worse.

A social media poll found that US doctors who responded tended not to want states to pass laws on physician-assisted suicide.

Colonoscopies that take longer are linked to lower cancer rates, according to findings published in Gastroenterology.

Expensive and worth it. That's the verdict from Medicaid programs across the US when it comes to the new hepatitis C antivirals. State spending figures are available in a study published as a letter in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Individuals afflicted with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are also at higher risk for new-onset migraines.

Following one of the deadliest outbreaks of the Ebola virus in history the medical community has had to change the way it approaches such emergencies to ensure public health and safety going forward.

Killing and limiting the spread of colon cancer cells may be possible through the compounds found in purple potatoes, according to recent findings published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.

Devoted soda drinkers began to lose their minds when an infographic outlining the harmful effects a single can of Coca-Cola has on the body in one hour began circulating the Internet. Now a new infographic has revealed what a Big Mac from McDonald's can do to the body in the same amount of time.

Gout is on the rise globally. A Brazilian researcher who surveyed that nation's rheumatologists found some are ignoring--or unaware of--guidelines on how to treat the ailment.

Not all flu virus strains are created equal. After all, some are better equipped to transmit from host to host than others and new research has pinpointed an intricate factor that allows the virus to do so through the air.

Patients with cutaneous melanoma metastases responded favorably to combination treatment with intralesional interleukin 2 (IL-2) and topical imiquimod and a retinoid cream.

Sugar-sweetened beverages (SBB) can do more than increase belly fat and send your body on a rollercoaster, it can elevate serum urate levels which increases the risk of gout. Researchers from New Zealand recently looked at how body mass index (BMI) plays a role in the SBB and gout relationship.

Varenicline and bupropion may be safer for people who are quitting smoking than nicotine replacement therapy.

The role of the physician assistant has grown in various ways throughout the medical community in recent years. That is also the case in military medicine as PA's treat soliders, sailors, airmen, and Marines in a wide variety of roles throughout the ranks.

Ankylosing spondylitis appears to carry an increased risk of vascular mortality, Canadian researchers report.

Primary fatigue associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) is generally considered to be related to centrally mediated processes of the disease, while secondary fatigue is believed to be a result of the host of factors that can accompany MS, such as depression or sleep disturbance.

With service members and their families being stationed all over the world it can be critical that they receive the same high level of care they would come to expect in the United States no matter where they may be living at the time.

Alzheimer's Disease is generally an ailment associated with aging.But Mark Mehler, MD, a neurologist and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, believes it starts in utero.

While any new research on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is welcome, the majority has been focused on men. Researchers have found that the sexes feel pain differently, so the fact that gender-specific studies have been lacking for women only inhibits progress. However, the first trial of its kind used all women to assess the efficacy of an HIV medication.

The cells directly responsible for cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis might be a viable novel drug target for treatment.

Researchers have uncovered more evidence to support the hypothesis that lead contributes to schizophrenia onset.

Spinal cord injury surgeries using olfactory mucosa lamina propria showed improvements in patients at the 3 year follow up mark.

Researchers have discovered that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) plays a selective, causal role in the process of placing blame and punishing those who violate social norms.

Pain: a seemingly simple four-letter word, but healthcare providers know that pain is anything but simple. While there has been ample research elucidating the pathways and mechanisms of neuropathic pain, a recent analysis successfully identified a key brain region that plays in a role in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Measuring hippocampus atrophy can aid in the detection of the earliest forms of Alzheimer's disease, according to findings published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Macrophages – the cells that warn of attacks from viruses, bacteria, or fungi work double duty in spinal cord injuries to promote cell repair as well as perform pathological functions.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the oral nucleoside TAS-102 (Lonsurf/ Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd) to treat patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) who had not been responding to other treatments.

Physicians often fail to counsel recovering heart attack patients on whether they are at risk of having another myocardial infarction triggered by sexual activity. In a letter to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Dietrich Rothenbacher, MD, MPH and colleagues have reassuring data.