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Although stroke risk is highest in the first weeks after a transient ischemic attack, it is still highly elevated many years later, a new st...

A San Diego hospitalist went looking for answers when a new and unexplained COVID complication showed up in her hospital system three times...

Early evidence for plitidepsin, an antiviral that has been studied for the treatment of multiple myeloma, could be repurposed as a therapy a...

In its letter to Biden, the practice management association urged the administration to include group practices in the national push to get...

The Biden administration also seeks to improve genomic sequencing efforts to stay a step ahead of emerging variants. Medscape Medical New...

Atrial fibrillation, especially new-onset AF, independently predicted early death in patients with COVID-19 in 2 studies, and probably shoul...

Symptoms also improved during tilt-table testing with compression garments in this complex, frequently misdiagnosed patient population. M...

Lupkynis is a calcineurin-inhibitor immunosuppressant, and is the first oral medication to show effectiveness in lupus nephritis, according...

A new autopsy series shows microthrombi and focal necrosis in hearts of patients who died of COVID-19. The findings support use of anticoagu...

Four major factors played into COVID-19 transmission: whether masks were worn, how well the room was ventilated, how long the interaction la...

The reasons for this less frequent contact and the ramifications for patients and doctors practicing primary care are unclear, according to...

The investigational oral small molecule, known for now as INCB54707, is 52 times more selective for JAK1 than JAK2. Medscape Medical News...

The cumulative rate of infection among children is up to 3,556 per 100,000 nationally, with states ranging from 943 per 100,000 in Hawaii to...

Multicenter and population cohort studies suggest that patients with inflammatory bowel disease are not at unique risk of contracting COVID-...

Subjective and objective measures that included electroencephalography improved in babies whose mothers had postpartum depression after thes...

Electronic alert systems that warn providers when a patient has acute kidney injury have no effect on progression, need for dialysis, or dea...

New results extend hopes for drugs that supply antibodies to fight COVID-19, suggesting they can help keep patients out of the hospital and...

On Tuesday, several CDC officials called for schools to reopen for in-person instruction and said that it can be done safely as long as cert...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, some physicians think hospitals should reconsider policies that restrict visitors. Medscape Reader Po...

In May, cosponsors of the Step 2 CS said they would take 12-18 months to revamp the test, after the pandemic put it on hold. Now, it's scrap...

A case report from the Brazilian state of Bahia details reinfection by a variant that contains one of the mutations at the center of global...

A pathologist who misdiagnosed or made errors for more than 3000 patients while intoxicated has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for man...

The condition causes a high rate of healthcare utilization, focusing on the need to address the underlying comorbidities including obesity,...

The United Kingdom's B117 variant is circulating in at least 24 states, and British mortality data and advanced genomic-sequencing efforts o...

Americans are dying of COVID-19 by the thousands, but efforts to ramp up production of potentially lifesaving vaccines are hitting a brick w...