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Merely being told that a treatment has analgesic effects may be all that a patient needs in order to experience pain relief, a new study suggested.

In the United States genotypes 1 and 2 may be the most common forms of the disease but there are many others, each with their own treatment options and availabilities to patients.

Patients with hepatitis C can go years without having any idea of their condition. Identifying these patients and getting them the treatment they need has become a growing focus in the medical community over the past several years.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved daclatasvir (Daklinza/ Bristol-Myers Squibb) for use with sofosbuvir for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3 infections.

Researchers have recently discovered that the sulfa-based compound ethoxzolamide found in many drugs for glaucoma treatment can be used successfully to treat tuberculosis (TB).

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first cholesterol-lowering treatment in a new class of drugs known as proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors.

The rapid growth of autism diagnoses in the United States is mostly due to changes in diagnosis patterns, rather than a rapid increase in prevalence, according to a new study.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Technivie (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir) for use in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infections in patients without scarring and cirrhosis.

From working in the wilderness to waiting at the finish line of some of the most extreme races around the country doctors are going as far from the medical offices as their patients do in order to provide the best level of service possible.

The US Food and Drug Administration today approved the Bio-Rad BioPlex 2200 HIV Ag-Ab assay, the first ever FDA-approved diagnostic capable of differentiating among HIV-1 antibodies, HIV-2 antibodies, and HIV-1 p24 antigens in human or plasma serums or specimens.

The increasing prevalence of food allergies (along with increasing awareness of the dangers associated with those allergies) has famously led to food restrictions in schools and on commercial airlines. The trend has now spread to a venue that's strongly associated with the enjoyment of fresh roasted peanuts: baseball stadiums.

Readmissions for patients with COPD can be prevented with a multi-faceted approach, a study finds.

As telemedicine continues to receive favorable reviews from healthcare professionals and patients, SonarMD, LLC recently released its SonarMD platform for securely engaging, monitoring, and managing patients with chronic gastrointestinal diseases.

Screaming can be annoying, but from an evolutionary standpoint, it is quite useful. A study shows the brain's response to "rough" vocalization.

Columbia University's Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) project, a 4-year Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-sponsored demonstration project, showed that a telemedicine intervention can improve glycemic, lipid, and blood pressure control.

Rosacea affects approximately 16 million people in the United States, and patients often present with a variety of symptoms and need an individualized treatment plan.

Despite the hand-wringing over the difficulty of eliminating hepatitis C infection in hard-to-reach groups, the Eurasian nation of Georgia is doing just that, with the help of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It helped a lot that Gilead is donating the antivirals to wipe it out, the CDC says

Trigeminal neuralgia is often mistreated or under-treated. Even when treatment is appropriately delivered, there can be troublesome side effects and complications. Proper diagnosis and treatment typically involves coordination of care among neurologists, anaesthesiologists, dentists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists

Mature Type 1 and Type 2 airway cells are able to repair and regenerate lung tissue regardless of cell type, according to researchers from Penn and Duke.

Researchers have identified the single-gene mutations that cause a previously uncharacterized pediatric autoimmune syndrome that combines inflammatory arthritis and severe lung disease.

Scientists have, for the first time, transplanted lab-grown stem cells, successfully restoring a brutally damaged liver's organ function.

Friday could be a big day for cardiologists. The FDA is due to rule July 24 on what could be the first available PCSK9 inhibitor, one of a new class of cholesterol-lowering agents meant to help patients who cannot get their LDL levels low enough with statins. New York City cardiologist David Vorchheimer, MD. talks about his hopes for the new drugs, and a few concerns

Researchers have identified a gene that is associated with treatment success in patients with multiple sclerosis being treated with interferon-beta.

Heart failure may be one of the most common conditions a cardiologist sees on a daily basis but there are also many misconceptions about its treatment and diagnosis. Whether on the football field or running an endurance race there are also other issues doctors are working to address across the scope of the cardiology field.

TNF inhibitors can be monitored in rheumatoid arthritis patients using gene expression modules, according to findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

The North Shore LIJ Health System treats a large number of patients in the New York metropolitan area and has dealt with a number of unique challenges including being on heightened alert during the recent Ebola outbreak. As they and others in the field navigate through the new healthcare landscape there are lessons to be learned and new factors that affect not only those in the medical profession but the patients they treat as well.

Opioids have been and continue to be a major source of relief for both chronic and acute pain sufferers. As the use of prescription opioid medications continues to rise, however, so does our knowledge about opioid dependence and opioid poisonings.

A novel hepatitis C treatment that combines sofosbuvir with another drug not yet approved in the US had a 97% success rate in a group of patients who were coinfected with HIV, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

Both chronic pain conditions and obesity are major and increasing public health concerns, and the connections between the two have been firmly established in the medical literature. But as the prevalence of obesity worldwide continues to grow, a deeper understanding of this connection could potentially benefit both practitioners and patients.

When women present clinically with acne, hirsutism, and androgenetic alopecia, the likelihood is that the causative hormone is androgen. Collectively, these symptoms signal cutaneous hyperandrogenism.