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A 30-day readmission following hospitalization for DKA is associated with higher inpatient mortality. Medscape Medical News

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a tool that measures the three dimensions of anhedonia specifically in teen...

Patients who developed COVID-19 within 12 months of receiving a hematopoetic stem cell transplant (HSCT) were especially vulnerable. Meds...

A survey of nearly 3000 frontline healthcare workers examined associations between self-reported sleep duration, frequency, burnout, and lik...

The selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1 modulator for adults with relapsing forms of MS proved superior to teriflunomide in a phase...

Cognitive dysfunction tops the list of neurologic complaints in long-haul COVID patients whose illness wasn't severe enough for them to be h...

Along with some clinician support, over half of the House Democratic caucus cosponsors the measure, but President Biden remains opposed....

Concordance between high-sensitivity troponin assays was only 37% for a single blood draw, rising to 75% with serial testing, but still chan...

The Tiger Tech COVID Plus Monitor is an armband device that identifies biomarkers of infection in people with no fever, which may help curb...

Public health officials have been concerned about the highly contagious nature of the variant, particularly because it has reinfected some p...

Six years after just one gene therapy treatment, physical and neurologic functions have remained largely intact in patients with cerebral ad...

Tragedy, luck, and perseverance took Stephen Harris from world tours with The Cult and Guns N' Roses to becoming a climbing instructor, goin...

The company plans to file for emergency use authorization from the FDA in the first half of April. Medscape Medical News

A recent Twitter discussion among physicians has reopened the debate on whether or not a patient should be told he or she has a diagnosis of...

A large database analysis has found that children with type 1 diabetes have a higher chance of getting very ill, and dying, from COVID-19, b...

Antireflux lifestyle factors may significantly reduce the risk of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to an analysis involving...

A surprising new analysis found that states such as South Carolina and Florida that raced ahead of others to offer the vaccine to ever-large...

In a randomized, double-blind study of three common approaches to hypothyroidism, no significant differences in symptoms were reported....

The quality of growth achieved with vosoritide in achondroplasia is leading to studies in more growth disorders. Medscape Medical News

North and South Carolina lawmakers are considering bills that would require clinicians to also prescribe naloxone for patients prescribed op...

A new phone app for patients with chronic kidney disease cut the incidence of medication discrepancies with potentially severe consequences...

Seniors who use medical marijuana say they mostly do so for pain relief ― and report improved sleep and mood. Medscape Medical News

Older patients with dementia are at a significantly increased risk for suicide soon after diagnosis, flagging the need for clinicians to be...

Patients who have thyroid abnormalities during acute COVID-19, or who develop such symptoms afterward, should be followed and have thyroid f...

Around a third of older patients taking levothyroxine are prescribed other drugs that can interfere with thyroid function tests, shows the f...