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Study results suggest that closely studying skin's dynamic behavior, including its changing characteristics over time, could yield significant clinical benefits for both dermatologists and surgeons.

New research into distal pancreatectomies indicates that women and overweight patients have an elevated risk of suffering endocrine function impairment that leads to glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus.

Stronger abdominal muscles could reduce fatigue and increase health-related quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who have chronic coughing.

Left atrial appendage obliteration reduces stroke risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, but a new study suggests that the procedure does not reduce stroke risk in atrial fibrillation patients after bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement.

Researchers have found further links between vitamin D deficiency and chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as psoriatic arthritis.

California researchers report good results in a phase II study of a gene therapy for congestive heart failure. The news comes five months after Celladon's Mydicar gene therapy for CHF failed to meet its trial's endpoints.

Like every year, PAINWeek, which kicks off this week in Las Vegas, will include dozens of presentations on abuse and diversion. It is a topic that is always front and center for pain management practitioners, and one for which there are no easy answers.

Cardiovascular patients are the focus of the recent drug approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Branded under the name Durlaza, the 24-hour extended-release aspirin is the first of its kind and is expected to become available before the end of the year.

Herpes zoster, otherwise known as shingles, causes a painful rash that can lead to additional complications. Although the condition is preventable with a vaccine, new research indicates that the vaccine is not worth it from an economic standpoint for certain patient groups.

The pending mergers of Aetna-Humana and Anthem-Cigna will leave the US with only three large health insurers. The American Medical Association identifies 17 states where those acquisitions raise anti-trust questions.

Burnout can sneak up on practitioners. Knowing the warning signs and learning self-care are critical for providers and their patients.

Bariatric surgery has been shown to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and albuminuria. However, data connecting the magnitude of weight loss and reduction in obesity-related comorbidities is limited.

A study published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders indicates that sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2 inhibitors, which affect both supply and demand pathways in the heart) may be the preferred treatment for diabetics with heart failure.

Fetal exposure to severe starvation or stress appears to elevate risk of hyperglycemia or type 2 diabetes (T2D) later in life. Similarly, low birth weight has been associated with glucose intolerance, suppressed insulin secretory capacity, and increased risk of T2D.

The source of neuropathic pain is a biological process called endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, according to findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Patients with moderate rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) have a similar risk of joint fracture that requires surgery as RA patients with high disease activity.

High-sodium diets could be a risk factor for multiple sclerosis (MS) in addition to genetic predisposition and additional factors, according to research published in The FASEB Journal.

Developing effective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatments and potential vaccines has consistently been a challenge, and new findings by researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany may explain why. They discovered how the virus masks itself in order to avoid immune system responses and documented the research in Nature Immunology.

Secondhand smoke exposure in utero and in childhood puts people at higher risk of having atrial fibrillation later in life, San Francisco researchers found.

New Jersey physicians have been the slowest in the nation to switch to electronic health records (EHRs) according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Every day 46 people in the United States die from a prescription painkiller overdose. As part of its effort to combat this startling epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will soon launch a comprehensive prevention program.

Researchers have discovered new implications to the link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis.

A new scan may make it easier for doctors to accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease.

The use of steroid injections for low back pain is increasing, even though the evidence supporting it is declining.

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on September 3 that Liberia is free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population – something that has not been the case since the first diagnosis was reported in West Africa in March 2014.

The Mediterranean DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet may lower a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to findings published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia. The study authors believed this is true even if the diet is not meticulously followed.

The first study of its kind examined joint replacement surgery in patients with osteoarthritis and confirmed an increased risk of cardiovascular complications.

A New Jersey pharma company has won a round in its fight to advertise a fish oil pill for a non-FDA approved use. Critics, writing in the NEJM say that puts the nation's drug safety monitoring at risk.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), already shown to be effective for Clostridium difficile treatment, has been found to eradicate two of the most common antibiotic-resistant hospital superbugs: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) and multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The largest case series to date of outcomes in patients with herpetic meningoencephalits (HME) shows early diagnosis and treatment is critical if the damage is to be held in check. Rapid treatment is common in the US, but globally, a Turkish researcher found, delays of days or even a week are not uncommon.