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From time constraints to insurance woes, hospitalists share their most common day-to-day challenges. Medscape Medical News

A UK study found that 71% of hospitals are not screening older surgical patients for frailty, risking poorer outcomes and longer stays. M...

A clinical decision support system significantly improves adherence to safer prescribing practices for older adults in the ED. Medscape M...

Medical pros revisit the 150-year history of coffee enemas to weigh their potential benefits and hidden dangers. Medscape Medical News

In the two decades since a young father was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, clinical trials and advances in treating his condition have ena...

Research shows semaglutide can slow or even reverse cases of MASH. Medscape Medical News

The biggest reason providers cite for not recommending vaccines to patients’ partners is simply not thinking to do so. Medscape Medical N...

Spices and herbs were the second most common allergens identified with patch testing and were clinically relevant. Medscape Medical News

Routine ultrasonography may trigger needless biopsies and hysteroscopies, say experts on quaternary prevention in cancer care. Medscape N...

Adults with both hypertension and type 2 diabetes have a higher risk for death than those with only one, or neither, condition, a new study...

An analysis of a large national database shows a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or major depressive disorder is linked to an increased risk f...

Rifaximin was both effective and well-tolerated in reducing the risk for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis, according to a m...

The guidelines acknowledge the range of pain experiences but also the problematic history of clinicians inadequately recognizing patients’ p...

A recently published review explores how diet, gut dysbiosis, and probiotics may influence rosacea symptoms through immune and inflammatory...

Surgeons and anesthesiologists who work together often tend to have better outcomes than those with less familiarity with each other. Med...

NICE reversed its earlier decision on sparsentan for treating primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy after additional evidence and a price red...

Medical groups have warned that proposed amendments to mental health legislation giving powers of detention to healthcare staff could cause...

Tweaking the pirfenidone molecule yields an evidently effective but less toxic antifibrotic drug, investigators say. Medscape Medical New...

Eptinezumab use improves quality-of-life measures but does not significantly reduce the number of episodic cluster headache attacks in early...

The use of the recombinant influenza vaccine can prevent a substantial number of influenza-related hospitalizations among adults in the Unit...

After years of working with less-invasive resurfacing treatments, specialists return to laser procedures that require longer recovery times,...

Case studies illustrate how embarrassment can prevent patients from seeking necessary medical help for foreign bodies lodged in the urethra....

As the temperatures warm and more people swim in lakes and rivers, should doctors expect to see more cases of infections and skin rashes thi...

Higher sleep disturbance was linked to greater pain interference 6 months later in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis from the Canadia...

GLP-1 receptor agonists may modestly reduce the risk for 14 obesity-related cancers, especially colorectal cancer, among adults with obesity...