HHS sent an email to staff members that included a "whistle-blower questionnaire," and asked them to report cases of ...

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. More than 100 people died as a result of catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas, and over 160 people remain missing.

Myasthenia gravis (MG) results from autoimmune antibodies against the post-synaptic neuromuscular junction with three major antibody categories: those to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR ...

Okay. Now, grab a mirror because we're going to focus on some signs of diabetes that you can see on your skin. First up, acanthosis nigricans. This is a skin condition characterized by dark ...

Beneficial pediatric obesity treatment response was associated with a reduced risk of obesity-related events in young adults, a nationwide prospective cohort study in Sweden showed. Compared with ...

Allergic sensitization when tested at 12-18 months of age plus parent-reported reaction to food allergen were deemed as IgE-mediated food allergy. Peanut allergy occurred in just 0.3% of the ...

Most people inherit only one mutated copy from a parent, which is called heterozygous FH (HeFH). The rare homozygous form of FH (HoFH) from inheriting two mutated copies is more severe. LDL levels ...

And then there's the forms, paperwork, prior authorizations, and pharmacy formularies, all of which need to be dealt with. We've built up a system that tries to squeeze all of this into a 20 ...

An estimated 5.94 million deaths from breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers were averted from 1975 to 2020 due to a combination of prevention, screening (for interception and ...

Quantitative Alzheimer's risk factors, including accelerated brain changes over time, were detectable in healthy individuals over age 50. (Nature Communications) Traumatic brain injury was a risk ...

New-onset seasonal allergies in adults can take some detective work to sort through potential lifestyle and environment triggers. "When we have that patient walk in the door and say, 'Look, I've ...

One positive outcome of the post-COVID 19 era is increased public engagement with public health interventions -- but this is only a positive if we allowed it to be. It requires us, as medical ...