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VACCINES AGAINST HUMAN papillomavirus have been hailed as a success: They have been shown to decrease the incidence of cervical lesions associated with the HPV types that are in the [...]

ANNUAL PROSTATE CANCER screening may be particularly important for Black men, new data suggest. The data come from a review of 45,834 veterans (aged 55-69 years) who had been diagnosed [...]

THE INFLUENZA VACCINE is only about 36% effective this year, preventing infections in just over a third of people who receive it, according to the Feb. 16 issue of Morbidity [...]

A DROP-OFF IN CANCER screening during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a marked increase in people presenting with advanced breast and colon cancer at Moores [...]

A 2021 update to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force lung cancer screening guidelines eliminated racial disparities that were prevalent in the group's 2013 guidance, according to a report in [...]

As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus story unfolds, the most important thing for clinicians in the United States to do is ask patients who appear to have the flu if they, [...]

SANOFI HASN'T GIVEN UP on its sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT) 1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin (Zynquista) for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) despite a recent 8-to-8 split decision on recommendation for approval from [...]

Cognitive screening of 141 clinicians 70 years or older at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital identified 18 with cognitive deficits likely to impair their ability to practice medicine. Six retired [...]

ORLANDO -- It's safe to switch many Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes to human insulins to save money on analogues, according to a review of 14,635 members of CareMore, [...]

CHICAGO -- Spreading calories out over three regular meals a day, instead of six small ones, helps patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus lose weight and better control their blood [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF.--If blood pressure isn't measured the way it was in SPRINT, it shouldn't be treated all the way down to the SPRINT target of less than 120 mm Hg; [...]

SEATTLE -- Adding a 3-day course of azithromycin to treatment regimens of children hospitalized with asthma did not shorten length of stay or bring other benefits in a randomized, blinded [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus in the United States increased 6% a year during 2001-2011, for a cumulative increase of 59.4%, according to investigators from the [...]

Exercise prevents falls in people older than 60 years, especially if it focuses on balance and mimics daily activities, according to a Cochrane Review meta-analysis of 108 randomized controlled trials. [...]

The Food and Drug Administration has smoothed the way to OTC naloxone by releasing 'drug facts label' templates for manufacturers to use when submitting their products for consideration. Drug facts [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid all the talk about subgroup blood pressure targets and tiny differences in drug regimens at a recent hypertension meeting, there was an elephant in the room [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- In just 6 months, a commonsense quality improvement program increased the rate of blood pressure control from 66% to 75% among 21,035 hypertensive patients at 16 primary [...]

SAN FRANCISCO--'If one is going to say, 'You need 6 months of abstinence from cannabis before I am going to treat your ADHD,' that's absurd. If [kids] are stoned all [...]

ORLANDO -- It's inevitable that hospitalists will soon be caring for patients who come in on insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors, and even closed-loop systems, if they haven't done so [...]

ORLANDO -- In 42 states, emergency medical technicians aren't allowed to administer glucagon to patients with severe hypoglycemia, and that's a problem, according to investigators from the Joslin Diabetes Center, [...]

ATLANTA -- Childhood obesity increases the risk of severe dental infections, according to a review presented at the Pediatric Hospital Medicine meeting. Among 171 children admitted to Rady Children's Hospital, [...]

ORLANDO -- A large, observational study found no increased risk of below-the-knee amputations with canagliflozin (Invokana) for type 2 diabetes, but clinicians should still favor other options in patients at [...]

ORLANDO -- The proportion of diabetes patients enrolled in high-deductible health plans jumped from 10% in 2005 to about 50% in 2014, according to a review of insurance data for [...]

ORLANDO -- About a quarter of diabetes patients use less insulin than prescribed because they can't afford it, and they have worse glycemic control because of it, according to a [...]

CHICAGO--Dimethandrolone, a modified form of testosterone, just might turn out to be the long-sought male contraceptive pill. It blocks gonadotropin signaling and testosterone production in the testes. When capsules ranging [...]

CHICAGO -- Two women in their 30s resumed menstruation about 7 months after one of their ovaries was injected with human mesenchymal stem cells obtained from their hips. Neither of [...]

SAN DIEGO -- When researchers at the University of Nebraska placed sensors in the cars of patients with type 1 diabetes, they found something interesting: About 3.4% of the time, [...]

New use of inhaled long-acting [beta.sub.2] agonists (LABAs) or long-acting antimuscarinic antagonists (LAMAs) was associated with a 1.5-fold increased cardiovascular risk within 30 days of initiation in patients with chronic [...]

A new practice guideline from the Endocrine Society recommends continuous glucose monitoring as the new standard for tracking blood sugar in adults with type 1 diabetes. 'Studies have found that [...]

ANAHEIM, CALIF.--More than half of the BP measurements of patients in SPRINT were at least partially attended by clinic staff, but those efforts made no difference in outcomes, according to [...]

PROBUPHINE, A SUBDERMAL buprenorphine implant approved by the Food and Drug administration for opioid addiction, will likely increase adherence to buprenorphine maintenance, therapy by making it more convenient, according to [...]

In about 2002, Dr. Gary Franklin realized the state of Washington might have a problem. A big problem. A state resident who'd suffered a back sprain and filed a workers' [...]

SAN FRANCISCO--Regular corticosteroid injections over 2 years were relatively safe for osteoarthritic knees in a trial from Tufts Medical Center in Boston, but they did not slow the progression of [...]

FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Viral infections appear to be the primary cause of pneumonia that results in hospitalization, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]

AT AACE 2015 NASHVILLE, TENN.--Checking free testosterone and prolactin levels can help identify which men with secondary hypogonadism should get brain MRIs. If the levels are normal, it's unlikely that [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The best way to make sure that patients are taking their blood pressure medications is to screen their urine for the drugs and metabolites, according to Robert [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The benefit of lowering blood pressure exceeded the potential for harm, even among the most frail elderly, in SPRINT, but it's important to remember who was excluded [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Pediatric ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is not stable over time and should be repeated before hypertension is diagnosed, according to an investigation of 102 children at [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new hypertension guidelines for children and adolescents. Some of the advice is similar to the group's last effort in 2004, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Lowering blood pressure below 140/90 mm Hg might not be a good idea in the very elderly, especially if they have cognitive impairment, according to Philip Gorelick, [...]

SEATTLE--Statins appeared to reduce the risk of viral rebound in HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy, suggesting modest antiviral activity, according to a review of 19,324 HIV-positive veterans who started combination [...]

About 1 in 10 pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection in the United States had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects in 2016, officials at the Centers for [...]

ATLANTA -- With the help of a pharmacist and the electronic health records system, Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital ruled out penicillin allergies in 47 of 50 adult inpatients, and successfully [...]

ATLANTA -- Oral immunotherapy with wheat gluten flour decreased wheat reactions in some allergic patients, according to a trial reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, [...]

Psoriatic arthritis raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, and the risk correlates with higher disease activity, according to Canadian investigators. They reviewed 1,065 patients free of diabetes when they [...]

In women with prior mild gestational diabetes mellitus, subsequent pregnancies did not increase the frequency of metabolic syndrome but did increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a [...]

SAN FRANCISCO--About once a month, Antonio Y. Hardan, MD, and his colleagues at the Stanford (Calif.) University Autism and Developmental Disorders Clinic see an autistic child who is using or [...]

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has uncoupled spirometry results from the ABCD treatment algorithm; this move marks the organization's first announcing of major COPD guidance since [...]