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Patients with advanced alcohol addiction may consume hand sanitizers, the composition of which can distort blood values and complicate a cor...

An initiative from CVS Health was created to protect vulnerable pulmonary patients in dangerous weather conditions. Medscape Medical News

Women living in rural areas face greater difficulties with access to healthcare services, employment, and transportation and a heavier burde...

Patients with hand osteoarthritis showed a high prevalence of tendon damage and inflammation of the synovial membrane surrounding the tendon...

Overdose prevention efforts must be complemented by harm reduction efforts, according to one expert. Medscape Medical News

A new study found that uterus transplants may be a feasible option for women who have uterine-factor infertility and want to give birth....

As physician shortages and rising administrative burdens made life difficult for primary care providers, practice innovation based on team-b...

Just 0.5% of patients receiving SBRT to treat oligometastatic cancer experienced severe adverse events within 6 months, a large real-world t...

Like many diseases, whooping cough reached record low levels during the early days of the COVID pandemic. WebMD Health News

In patients with acute agitation, 5 mg droperidol reduced the need for rescue sedation in the emergency department, found a study. Medsca...

A pilot study found that guideline–directed medical therapy at ED arrival was suboptimal, but its initiation among appropriate patients at d...

Exploring risk factors and promising new treatments might slow the progression of diabetic retinopathy. Medscape Medical News

This approval follows recent concerns from an FDA committee that AstraZeneca did not demonstrate that patients needed the immunotherapy both...

A Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3 indicated a low predictive value for diagnosing traumatic brain injury in the prehospital setting. Medsca...

A recent review suggests that incorporating patient-reported outcome measures into cancer care may improve survival and quality-of-life in t...

Gender prevalence is equal in young children, but trajectory appears to diverge around puberty. Medscape Medical News

The recommended treatment for patients with scleroderma was to use nerve blocks for injecting HA filler or hyaluronidase and to minimize the...

Two classes of newer medications for glycemic control in type 2 diabetes differed in hyperkalemia risk and discontinuation of renin-angioten...

A new stool-based syndecan-2 methylation test may improve the detection of colorectal cancer and advanced colorectal neoplasia, based on a p...

Droperidol at doses below the US Food and Drug Administration's safety limit effectively reduced abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting in pat...

A meta-analysis found that misoprostol is highly effective in treating NSAID- or aspirin-induced small bowel injuries, whereas rebamipide of...

Investigators examined the association between hip fracture surgery and survival among patients with dementia who live at home. Medscape...

The company will launch two new sensors that are compatible with its insulin pump and smart insulin pen products and will also partner with...

Umbilical cord pH levels < 7.2 are linked to increased risk for adverse neonatal outcomes, a new study from Denmark found. Medscape Medic...

A freelance journalist shares tips based on her experience living with type 1 diabetes, including how it differs from type 2 in ways that ma...