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A recent study examined the systemic nature of gout with the goal of identifying proteomic pathways that could lead to co-morbidities in gout patients.

A sleep apnea device may effectively slow the progression of diabetes in at risk patients.

A computer model may be able to predict post-traumatic stress disorder on an individual level.

Autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis are more common in women, though mice models may clue researchers into the reasoning behind the phenomena.

Treating ulcers in spinal cord injury patients is still a challenge, but researchers have developed a computational model to aid the process.

It would be ideal to stop the Ebola virus before it even gets the chance to enter cells; and with a new understanding that may become a reality.

When patients need pancreatic surgery, surgeons worry about postoperative infections with good reason. Even with strict adherence to infection control technique, ideal surgical procedures, perfect perioperative care, and aggressive antibiotic prophylaxis, morbidity and mortality from infection remains high.

Despite a number of effective medication therapy options, there is international evidence that gout is inadequately treated. Studies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and now Australia, show the same triad of ineffectiveness: low levels of urate-lowering therapy (ULT), infrequent serum urate and renal function testing, and very low rates of achievement of target serum urate levels.

Hepatitis C medication development pipeline still strong, with several additional drugs poised for approval.

Although baby boomers make up 75% of Americans living with chronic hepatitis C (HCV), the majority are unaware that they are infected.

Advances in genomic study are enabling researchers to narrow down the specific alleles that may contribute most heavily to the epigenetic reasons behind giant cell arteritis and other rheumatic conditions.

A confirmed outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease, or Legionellosis, has been declared and health officials provided the need-to-know information regarding the illness.

Researchers who looked at the potential association between post-diagnosis opioid use and breast cancer recurrence found no clinically relevant evidence of an association between opioid prescriptions and breast cancer recurrence.

Some states experience more preventable disease outbreaks than others, and at least part of the blame can be put on vaccination exemption laws.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who do not follow-up with their pulmonologists after being discharged from the hospital face a significantly higher risk of being readmitted than those who do.

Patients with plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have seen their treatment options increase in recent years. Thanks to more research on the topic they could see even more options in the years to come.

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suggest that rheumatologists consider screening children with juvenile spondyloarthritis for sacroiliitis, but especially children who carry the HLA-B27 gene form of the disease with elevated C-reactive protein levels.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that the labels for two drugs used to treat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be updated with new information.

Although a seemingly invisible condition, fibromyalgia (FM) may have an important connection with mental health symptoms.

Not only are bacteria becoming more resistant to medication, but they are also passing on that resistance to other cells more efficiently, Rice University researchers found.

Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who smoke use it as a distraction from the pain associated with their condition and as a coping mechanism for dealing with the frustrations of living with RA.

Researchers in Brazil recently noted that marijuana use may mitigate some of the more severe psychiatric side effects associated with crack cocaine addiction, potentially making it easier for addicts to stop using the drug.

Tying wildlife to infectious disease, researchers from the University of South Florida recently reported that there is an inverse relationship between biodiversity and disease outbreak, affecting both humans and animals.

A new trial of vitamin D replacement regimens in young people with cystic fibrosis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency finds twice-weekly doses of vitamin D2 50,000 IU to be as effective as weekly doses of vitamin D3 50,000 IU.

With funding meant to bolster basic research and help make advances for a variety of conditions the fate of the 21st Century Cure Act is anything but secure even after passage by the US House of Representatives.

The understanding of the inflammatory processes contributing to rheumatoid arthritis continues to grow, leading to greater understanding of RA and improved diagnostic tools and medications.

Our understanding of the genetic mutations in melanoma is growing, but sometimes the more we learn, the more we realize we have yet to learn.

Because there are many types of dementia, with many potential underlying causes, diagnosing it properly can be challenging. Two commonly used tests can return negative results for patients who have demonstrated abnormal cognitive test results or unexplained cognitive dysfunction.