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Robert T. Grant, MD, MSc, FACS, debunks 10 common myths about plastic surgery, such as the safety of Botox injections and breast augmentation.

This resource describes several measures that patients with diabetes can take to prevent or control diabetic neuropathy, including peripheral neuropathy.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections have increased 10 percent among children from 2005 and 2010, meanwhile the rates have fallen among adults, according to a CDC report.

Most endocrine abnormalities of anorexia nervosa improve with psychological and nutritional recovery, but the condition can still leave residual effects in patients.

In patients who don't have fully functional immune systems, cerebral manifestations of Chagas disease can be lethal.

A high prevalence of food and beverage brand endorsements from professional athletes is directed toward American young people, and the majority of these advertisements are for unhealthy food and beverages.

Children with low levels of vitamin D and recurrent episodes of acute otitis media have a reduced risk of acute otitis media after receiving vitamin D supplementation.

To help primary care providers manage patients with gender concerns, a researcher from Columbia University has assembled a comprehensive review of important information on the topic, including possible causes, age of typical awareness, and societal issues.

Researchers have determined that higher alpha-synuclein ratios are associated with greater autonomic dysfunction and more advanced disease stages, which suggests that an increased alpha-synuclein level may be a useful biomarker in Parkinson's disease patients.

The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a scientific statement on severe obesity in children and adolescents highlighting the health risks, challenges, and limitations of treatment for this issue.

Researchers assess the relationship between various characteristics of nocturnal hot flashes and sleep disturbances in women with non-metastatic breast cancer.

Combination therapy with two antibiotics is not better than one and may be worse for children with gram-negative bacteremia, doctors found in a 10-year retrospective study.

Repeated noninvasive transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) helped treat post-stroke pain, spasticity, and motor symptoms in a small group of stroke patients, according to researchers who presented the findings at the XXI World Congress of Neurology 2013 in Vienna.

A worldwide survey conducted by the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation has discovered that 2.3 million people around the globe currently live with multiple sclerosis (MS) - a 10 percent increase in the autoimmune disease's prevalence since 2008.

A team of German researchers has identified differences in metabolic health patterns across an obese population.

Though former imaging studies have proposed that white matter dysfunction predicts the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), a recent study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggests that those previous researchers were concentrating on the wrong area of the brain.

Researchers discover that predominantly-minority treatment centers are also likely to be high-mortality hospitals, which drives racial disparities in surgical outcomes.

Aerobically fit students have greater odds of passing a state accountability math and reading test compared to their aerobically unfit peers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.

Even though they reviewed dozens of scoring tools, researchers concluded that surgeons still don't have an ideal tool to predict severity in early acute pancreatitis.

A review of clinical evidence shows pharmacological agents that inhibit bone loss could slow the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Though roughly 14 percent of Parkinson's disease patients seen in routine practice have diplopia, most have not discussed it with their physicians, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the World Congress of Neurology, held from September 21-26, 2013, in Vienna.

Steven P. Levine, MD, says the implications of altering the microbiome may extend beyond C. difficile to mental health, given the new insight into the connection between the gut and mind.

The 2010 pertussis outbreak in California may have been related to parents' refusal to vaccinate their school-aged children, according to a new study published in Pediatrics.

In this first installment of the AJMCtv Neurological Disorders Peer Exchange, a panel of experts share their insights and perspectives on the increasing prevalence and incidence of multiple sclerosis worldwide, despite great clinical strides in recent years.

Researchers have identified 48 new genetic variants associated with the risk of developing multiple sclerosis.

A study published in the Journal of Urology found morbidly obese patients are more likely to develop uric acid kidney stones and less likely to develop calcium oxalate stones compared to normal weight controls.

Although pen devices are perceived to be more costly than vialed insulin, new study results indicate that elderly diabetic patients are more likely to accept pen devices and adhere to therapy, which decreases long-term complications and associated healthcare costs.

A new study published in BMJ Open suggests middle-aged women who are under a lot of stress have a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

In light of the recent national push to promote breastfeeding, a new study provides guidance for mothers who extend their breastfeeding duration by frequently sharing a bed with their infants, yet also put their babies at greater risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and suffocation death.

Researchers in Denmark evaluated the quality of hospital care delivered to more than 13,500 patients with peptic ulcer bleeding as part of a large-scale quality improvement initiative.