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Preventing the replication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) may be a future reality thanks to an important exploration.

Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide threat with potentially disastrous consequences. In the wake of a recent report claiming Salmonella is becoming less sensitive to medication, a new study shows how misdiagnoses are contributing to the growing problem.

In the US, there is a relationship between the weather and West Nile virus (WNV) disease prevalence-which could be used to forecast outbreaks-according to an article published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

With a new study showing that 4 out of 10 US adults know someone who has battled prescription painkiller abuse during the last 5 years, concerns about the rising epidemic are more prominent than ever.

Historically, surgical times were tracked to help operating suite managers schedule operating rooms. For the last 25 years or so, quality managers have watched surgical times with respect to patient outcomes. They've come to a growing realization that faster is not always better and slower may not represent careful, deliberate technique.

Researchers in the US and Sweden recently reported that coffee consumption in the years prior to multiple sclerosis symptom onset has a significant protective effect.

Cases of prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction are still on the rise, claiming thousands of lives each year.

Cruise ships are not the only place where vacationers can get the dreaded norovirus. A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report today documents an outbreak in a recreational lake in Oregon and warns that swimming in lakes can be hazardous.

A specific gene location on a chromosome can influence risk for rheumatoid arthritis onset, disease severity, and mortality.

Work productivity can be improved in early rheumatoid arthritis patients using a combination etanercept and methotrexate therapy.

Virtual reality experiments determined that the threshold of pain is increased when the participants do not know the degree of rotation is manipulated.

Using an innovative technique, German researchers highlighted a new pathway they believe could provide updated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatments.

The World Health Organization (WHO) claimed titles like Spanish Flu, monkey pox, and Chagas disease are problematic, and has released guidelines on how to properly name infectious diseases.

A report published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation claimed smoking causes the destruction of a key immune protein in the lungs, which the researchers believe is linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) development.

Advanced treatment has allowed people with cystic fibrosis (CF) to live longer. Consequently, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) urged physicians to talk to female CF patients about contraception.

Research published in PLOS ONE demonstrated a substance found in garlic could fight lung disease infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

The use of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine may be linked to a lower risk of hyperlipidemia among early rheumatoid arthritis patients when compared to the use of methotrexate.

Drugs that activate brain stem cell production may be able to reverse multiple sclerosis, according to research published in Nature.

Teen girls in rural areas more often have undiagnosed asthma than their male counterparts, and are at an additional higher risk for depression.

The essential medicines list put out by the World Health Organization (WHO) now includes five new hepatitis C drugs that show great promise in curing the disease in millions of people. However, the WHO also warned financial stumbling blocks could greatly hinder efforts to make treatment equitable throughout the world.

In a continuing effort to curb the spread of hepatitis C among the riskiest populations, government health officials recently held a webinar to discuss links between opioid injection drug use and increased cases of the liver disease.

The authors of a study that explored an association between heart disease and hepatitis C say chronic infection of the virus should be considered a risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) may be a more common comorbidity than previously thought among patients with gout. Patients with gout may also be more likely to have severe ED.

Research shows febuxostat is more effective than allopurinol in reducing serum urate levels in patients with gout.

Allergy sufferers may refrain from voicing sniffle complaints once they hear the benefits associated with the warmer weather.

China's type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) epidemic continues to be a pervasive, costly health care issue, with proportions surpassed only by epidemic here in the US. The majority of T2DM treatment guidelines recommend metformin as the first-line anti-hyperglycemic agent for diabetes management due to its relative safety, tolerability, and cost-effectiveness.

The American Diabetes Association published its revised Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes in April 2015. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) also issued an updated guideline in April 2015.

As P4P strategies gain popularity, the need for accurate assessment tools becomes more and more apparent-many physicians support PCP but believe that current measures are inaccurate. A common problem is that physicians appear to be penalized if they treat the elderly or patients who have reduced access to care or drug treatment.

Analysis of a large patient cohort indicates that atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of just 1 of the 2 major types of heart attack - but the association is strong enough to increase the overall heart-attack risk by 63%.

Patients with joint disease often screen positive for depressive symptoms, according to research from Switzerland.