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Regulatory T cells, which help to keep the immune system in check, may be one of the barriers to the development of a therapeutic HIV vaccine.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections are contracted many times more often by individuals with HIV, a new study has found.

Atrial fibrillation is independently associated with the risk for all forms of dementia, particularly in patients younger than 70.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Pamela Hartzband, MD, and Jerome Groopman, MD, explore the changes, good and bad, that the Internet has brought to the practice of medicine.

Individuals across the country are either rejoicing, cursing, or anxious over the historic passing of healthcare reform legislation and for physicians and legal experts alike the question remains: What will these changes mean for the practice of medicine and patients' rights?

A happy belated Doctor's Day to all the doctors who train and work hard to care for the masses, and pediatricians in particular. A lot of hours go into not only practicing medicine, but being shoulder for distraught parents, a guiding light for confused and tired mothers, and a trustworthy confidante for children.

Study results published in the American Journal of Infection Control found that Twitter is often used to spread misleading or false information about key healthcare topics, with incorrect information from a single tweet able to reach hundreds of thousands of patients.

Hormone replacement in the joint fluid of men and women may help regenerate damaged tissue in patients with late stage human osteoarthritis.

Exercise alone does not seem to be effective in preventing weight gain once a woman is already heavy. The latest issue of JAMA reports on a huge study trying to see if different levels of exercise prevent weight gain in women.

Exercising for 30 minutes throughout the day can help alleviate the symptoms of fibromyalgia according to the results of a study published in the journal of Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Hey, if anyone has any connections with, or fewer than six degrees of separation from, President Obama, would you PLEASE ask him to take a look at my blogs and see if there's a chance he'd invite me up to Washington, maybe when it's a bit warmer, to discuss my ideas on healthcare reform?

The new generation of AEDs is not perfect. Is anyone surprised by this?

Passing standards have been raised and nursing students are nervous.

The "idea-immune healing artist" of medicine at the opening of the 20th-century - the general practitioner - is the ancestor to today's primary care providers who, at this new century�s beginning, still maintain their legacy (albeit barely).

People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operations than those without diabetes, but researchers don't know why.

Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center may have found a new therapy for rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. The researchers published the results of a study focused on the use of an investigational drug to treat the diseases in the online edition of Science.

Researchers hope this new discovery will facilitate the development of less rigid disease management options for patients with type 1 diabetes.

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire may not be the best tool for diagnosing bipolar disorder, according to a new study from researchers at Rhode Island Hospital.

The number of community-acquired MRSA infections has increased among patients in the pediatric ICU in recent years, according to a new study.

Researchers have discovered that chronic wounds may heal with more difficulty because microRNA may inhibit the ability of a protein that initiates the skin cells into the action of healing.

For children who suffer a brain injury before or during birth, a lack of gesturing throughout early development may predict problems with language later on.

Patients with IBD have a greater need for information about their diseases and treatment options than what is currently available to them on the Internet.

Patients with osteoarthritis may experience less knee loading by wearing flip flops and shoes with flexible soles, instead of wearing clogs or stability shoes.

We're three days into healthcare reform, but I still haven't seen any changes in my practice. Guess I have to be patient, as opposed to the Feds who mailed me my 2010 census form that I received about a week ago.

Several provisions from the National Pain Care Policy Act, legislation written to improve pain care in America for the more than 76.5 million Americans affected by pain, are included in the Health Care Reform Bill that recently passed.

A theory on inflammation and pain may lead the way for the creation of new kinds of painkillers, according to research from the University of Leeds.

Whether you are pro- or anti-reform, I want to know what you think of the bill. Does it do enough to help primar care, and if not, what more do we need to do to provide good care to all our nation's children?

Currently, Alzheimer's disease cannot be definitively diagnosed until after death, when a brain autopsy is performed on a patient and evidence of beta-amyloid plaque deposits in the brain can be found.

When the ground rules changed for credit card issuers, some of the rules for consumers looking to keep their credit score high changed too. Certain moves, which used to be no-nos, can now actually improve your credit rating.

The President signed the healthcare reform bill yesterday and the AMA immediately sent out a release supporting most of the provisions of the new legislation. One of them struck me as a bit perplexing: "coverage and market reforms that will strengthen the patient-physician relationship." Exactly what are they doing to improve the relationship between my patients and me?