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A recent study assessed patients with diabetes for the effects of perceived racial discrimination encountered during care, focusing on treatment outcomes such as glycemic control, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol levels.

Recent studies of anaphylaxis and other allergic reactions induced by medications have informed a new set of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment drug hypersensitivity.

The ACA has several provisions that promote greater reliance on nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) in an effort to increase the efficiency and lower the cost of health care. To date, however, there hve been few studies that have assessed the impact of NPs and PAs in the specialist care setting.

A research review concludes that older men who receive testosterone replacement via injection may enjoy greater benefits and face fewer risks than those who use transdermal or oral testosterone formulations.

Research has shown that massage therapy is more effective than no therapy at all. A recent study sought to determine if there is a link between massage duration and effective analgesia for neck pain.

The practice of individualized medicine took another step forward recently when researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that a patient's genetic variations can determine how they respond to anti-diabetic drugs.

Fresh off the heels of research revealing that this year's flu vaccine was only effective in one out of 4 people, investigators are now taking steps to develop a universal vaccine.

Women with epilepsy have a 10-fold higher risk of dying in childbirth than women who do not have the disorder, a study in JAMA Neurology found.

Coming next from Medicare: the ICD-10 Obmudsman. Billing under the dreaded new International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10) coding system will get a bit less onerous under a deal brokered between Medicare and the American Medical Association.

While cognitive behavioral therapy has been used to treat patients with insomnia, evidence backing the treatment for those who also have other psychiatric and medical conditions has not been available until now.

Men with low testosterone treated with injections faced higher risk of myocardial infarction, unstable angina, and stroke compared to men treated with gel-based testosterone replacement therapy.

A recent study looked into the neural functions affected by ibuprofen and found some connections that may soon lead to a much greater understanding of the greatest pain mitigator of them all: the brain.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved Orkambi (lumacaftor/ivacaftor/Vertex) to treat cystic fibrosis patients age 12 and older with two copies of the F508del mutation in the CFTR gene.

Researchers from the University of California-Santa Barbara recently announced they have created an implantable "artificial pancreas" that could potentially eliminate the need for insulin injections and pumps for treating type 1 diabetes.

Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have created the first map to predict rotavirus (RV) prevalence on a global scale.

Discontinuation of multiple sclerosis medication saw nearly 2 in 5 patients experience some form of increased disease activity, according to research from NYU Langone Medical Center.

A novel virus from Peru and the Republic of Congo called enterovirus C105 is now suspected in last year's wave of mysterious cases of sudden childhood paralysis.

As more research is done the more it appears brown fat will play a key role in the future treatment of diabetes.

Weighing the pros and cons of prescription opioid use for chronic pain is an ongoing battle, and new research may have just added to the list of disadvantages.

More than 262 million courses of antibiotics were prescribed to outpatients in the US in 2011, translating to nearly 842 courses per 1,000 patients each year.

The amount of money paid for expensive new hepatitis C drug treatments skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2015, according to a report released by Express Scripts.

A number of widely reported studies have concluded that the rapid growth in testosterone therapy prescriptions has led to overuse, but an analysis published in Urology indicates that underuse may also be a problem.

Bereavement and depression may have similar symptoms, but should remain clinically differentiated, according to researchers from KU Leuven in Belgium.

COPD research should focus on patient-centered outcomes according to a joint statement from the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.

Treatment with rituximab can significantly reduce rheumatoid arthritis flare up, according to results of a study published in the Journal of Clinical Rheumatology.

Using natalizumab in extended periods was well tolerated and efficacious in patients with multiple sclerosis for up to 8 weeks.

With 259 million painkiller prescriptions written in 2012 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one of the most common side effects experienced by patients being treated for chronic pain is opioid-induced constipation (OIC).

Sanjey Gupta, MD, weighs in on the Affordable Care Act and its effect on emergency care.

Data from two observational registries indicated that long-term testosterone replacement therapy in diabetic men was associated not only with better sexual function and weight loss, but also significant reductions in blood sugar.

Guidelines for the use of testosterone replacement therapy call for initial and ongoing tests of patient testosterone levels, but new research found a significant problem with such recommendations.