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Researchers discover patients with cerebral cavernous malformations who receive intensive evaluation pre-surgical evaluation are significantly more likely to be free of seizure postoperatively.

A recent meta-analysis indicates treatment with oral proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) produces outcomes similar to those obtained with treatment with intravenous PPIs in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding.

Even when it's administered in a low-dose form that resists gastric acid and prevents tablet dissolution in the stomach, aspirin therapy causes peptic ulcer and increases the risk of 30-day mortality resulting from gastrointestinal (GI) disorder progression.

Reviews of crofelemer showed the drug's clinical utility in diarrhea associated with HIV, but clinical trials comparing it to other antidiarrheals are still needed.

Researchers at Duke University discover that hearts from donors with histories of cardiac arrest can be successfully transplanted, sometimes with excellent outcomes.

Scaling up preventative isoniazid therapy can curb tuberculosis development and related death in patients infected with HIV, according to research published online Aug. 16 in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Researchers have determined the differences in healthcare resource use and costs between total knee replacement patients with and without muscle atrophy/weakness.

Though patients may not disclose suicidal thoughts and behaviors to their physicians, their blood test results can be dead giveaways.

A research team explains the relationship between economic indicators and patients' propensity to undergo cosmetic procedures.

Fibromyalgia patients who don't respond to Lyrica (pregabalin) may see their pain scores significantly improve after adding Savella (milnacipran) to their treatment regimens.

Though many patients indicate side effects as the reason they stop taking their prescribed statins, clinical trials have not documented high discontinuation rates due to adverse drug reactions.

Despite the pervasiveness of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, undertreatment and nontreatment of even the most severe forms of those systemic rheumatic diseases are widespread in the United States.

Cardiac surgery teams should be trained to improve communication and teamwork, and hospitals should establish robust quality assurance systems to identify and correct safety hazards.

A group of researchers have determined that thyroid cancer is an over-diagnosed disease.

While neither surgeons nor patients ever want to face post-surgical complications, a new study has revealed that certain types of payments to hospitals reward suboptimal care and penalize quality care.

Researchers have published their findings from the NIH-sponsored Look AHEAD clinical trial in three areas relevant to type 2 diabetes management.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new tablet to treat a broad population of HIV-infected adults and children in combination with other antiretroviral (ARV) agents.

Though memory concerns voiced by older adult patients often get dismissed as normal cognitive aging, a study from two national centers devoted to Alzheimer's disease research suggests cognitive complaints from at least two sources can accurately predict a non-demented patient's risk of developing dementia.

An online commentary published in the May 22/May 29 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association asserts that all hospitals should randomly test physicians for drug and alcohol abuse to increase patient safety.

Steven P. Levine, MD, recommends selecting a biologic intervention from column A and a psychotherapy agent from column B to effectively treat depression and anxiety.

Patients who are unaware that they have diabetes may have less contact with healthcare professionals, receive less aggressive treatment, or have a poorer understanding of the disease and the actions required to treat it - all of which may be responsible for their increased risk of morbidity and mortality.

Surgeons and hospitals are concerned about perioperative risk reduction for obstructive sleep apnea patients.

Medicare will be assessing $227 million in fines against hospitals in 49 states as part of the federal government's campaign to reduce the number of patients readmitted within a month of discharge.

As the risk assessment of suicide attempts remains tremendously challenging due to the lack of clinical markers, researchers across five different countries studied the pathological significance of psychotic symptoms in terms of their influence on suicidal behavior.

A group of researchers has identified two polymorphic sites on mitochondrial ATP (MT-ATP) genes that may play a significant role in the functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder.

Results from a 12-week study show patients treated with eluxadoline report decreased abdominal pain and improved bowel movement frequency and urgency.

In clinical testing, the MD-Logic Artificial Pancreas system significantly improved overnight glucose control and decreased the duration of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes patients.

Though EMD Serono's Novantrone (mitoxantrone) injection is the only drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), progressive-relapsing multiple sclerosis (PRMS), or worsening relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), its use is associated with significant risks.

Researchers identify a compound released by macrophages following demyelination that may enhance myelin regeneration and hold the key to more effective therapies for patients with multiple sclerosis.

While substantial evidence already shows several genetic and environmental elements factor into immune-mediated rheumatic disease susceptibility, a recent review of hospital admissions data suggests vitamin D deficiency can single-handedly elevate a patient's risk of developing certain chronic conditions within that group of disorders.