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Use of e-cigarettes was not more effective than other methods at helping cigarette smokers quit, authors of new research found. From 2013 to 2017, e-cigarette sales in the United States [...]

UPDATED GUIDELINES for the management and treatment of endometriosis reflect changes in clinical practice to guide clinician and patient decision-making, according to a statement from the European Society of Human [...]

Women who used marijuana during pregnancy were at increased risk for adverse neonatal outcomes, based on data from a meta-analysis of nearly 60,000 individuals. Marijuana misuse remains a top substance [...]

FROM THE PROCEEDING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Mutations in genes associated with cardiac and seizure disorders appear to be linked to sudden unexplained deaths in young children and [...]

Older adults who avoided hospital admission with at-home geriatric assessment and home-based care incurred significantly lower costs compared with those hospitalized, in a new study. The comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) [...]

Behavior problems, anxiety, and depression in youths were associated with these individuals' participating in remote schooling during broader social lockdowns in a new study. The systematic review, which was published [...]

THE PROPORTION OF U.S. CHILDREN who are underinsured for health care increased by 3.4% from 2016 to 2019, reflecting approximately 2.4 million underinsured children, based on data from the National [...]

ADAPTED D-DIMER thresholds based on pretest probability were effective for ruling out pulmonary embolism (PE) in subgroups of high-risk individuals without the use of imaging in a review of data. [...]

WOMEN WITH PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS (PsA) experience a higher disease burden than that of men with regard to pain, disability, and quality of life, based on data from a cross-sectional survey [...]

A majority of states cover human papillomavirus vaccination through aged 45 years with no need for prior authorization, which has implications for adults with certain dermatologic diseases, according to the [...]

Low-dose aspirin taken daily fails to reduce the risk of fractures and increases the risk of serious falls in older adults, a new study finds. Previous research suggests that aspirin [...]

Psychiatric patients with impaired communication abilities were significantly more likely to be admitted involuntarily to inpatient care and to experience coercive measures after admission, based on data from more than [...]

MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS at the time of admission to an inpatient psychiatric hospital were significantly more severe during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the time before the pandemic, based on [...]

INDIVIDUALS WITH DEPRESSION who had high levels of C-reactive protein responded poorly to selected serotonin reuptake inhibitors, compared with those with lower CRP levels, based on data from more than [...]

A higher percentage of family physicians quit during the early months of the pandemic than the average yearly percentage that did in the prior decade, according to data from Canada. [...]

COMPULSIVITY is a significant contributor to disability and poor quality of life for individuals with trichotillomania (TTM) and skin-picking disorder (SPD), based on data from 91 adults. Although body-focused repetitive [...]

Teens diagnosed with attention-deficit/ Hyperactivity disorder in childhood reported similar overall quality of life compared with teens with ADHD behaviors but no childhood diagnosis, a new study finds. The results [...]

Home-based transcranial direct current stimulation with real-time supervision significantly improved clinical symptoms of major depressive disorder, based on data from 26 individuals. Major depressive disorder (MDD) remains a leading cause [...]

Congenital cytomegalovirus cases declined significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared with a period before the pandemic, based on data from nearly 20,000 newborns. A study originated to explore racial and [...]

Only one-third of pediatric dermatologists who prescribed isotretinoin for acne reported feeling confident in their understanding of emergency contraception (EC), in a survey of 57 clinicians. Pregnancies among patients on [...]

Tralokinumab has received a positive opinion from the European Medicine Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use to extend use to adolescents aged 12 years and older with moderate [...]

Cryolipolysis accounted for a majority of noninvasive cosmetic procedures associated with adverse events, according to an analysis of data from the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE). The number [...]

Prompt diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is essential to reduce mortality, and improving education of primary care providers can help, suggests a new white paper. The nonspecific nature of the [...]

Adolutegravir-based treatment regimen holds its own as a first choice of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for pregnant individuals, based on data from more than 1,200 patients. 'Dolutegravir is increasingly used in [...]

THE BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC Rating Scale (BPRS) was an effective tool for measuring general and specific psychiatric symptoms across the diagnostic spectrum, based on data from 600 psychiatric inpatients. 'Current DSM [...]

Baseline dyskinesia and neurological soft signs (NSS) predicted the disease process of schizophrenia over a 21-year follow-up period, based on data from 243 adult patients. Neuromotor abnormalities in psychotic disorders [...]

ADULTS WITH MODERATE to severe prurigo nodularis (PN) treated with the investigational drug nemolizumab showed significant improvement in itching, compared with patients treated with placebo, in a phase 2 trial. [...]

Women with a history of stage III to stage IV breast cancer had significantly more pathologic vertebral fractures compared to those with stage I and stage II disease, based on [...]

The prevalence of homicide was 16% higher in pregnant women or postpartum women than nonpregnant or nonpostpartum women in the United States, according to 2018 and 2019 mortality data from [...]

FROM PHM 2021 'Health care spending and health care waste is a huge problem in the U.S., in? cluding for children,' Vivian Lee, MD, of Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, said [...]

The Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to three companies, including Amazon, for selling mole and skin tag removal products that have not been approved by the agency, [...]

Raising phototherapy thresholds and revising risk assessment are among the key changes in the American Academy of Pediatrics' updated guidelines for managing hyperbilirubinemia in infants 35 weeks' gestation and older. [...]

Hormone therapy remains a topic for debate, but a constant in the 2 decades since the Women's Health Initiative has been the demonstrated effectiveness for relief of vasomotor symptoms and [...]

Hormone therapy remains a topic for debate, but a constant in the 2 decades since the Women's Health Initiative has been the demonstrated effectiveness for relief of vasomotor symptoms and [...]

Primary care providers could add more than $100,000 to their incomes by billing more often for prevention and coordination of care services using Medicare codes, a new study shows. According [...]

ADULTS WITH SEVERE asthma (SA) experienced significantly fewer exacerbations on biologic therapies, compared with those who did not use biologies, based on data from more than 2,000 individuals. The development [...]

BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL led the list of 10 children's hospitals across the United States named to the Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll for 2022-2023, issued by U.S. News & World [...]

SYMPTOMS OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) were significantly more common in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), compared with controls, based on data from 166 individuals up to age 18 [...]

Less than 10% of parents followed recommended safe sleep practices for their infants aged 12 months and younger at both sleep onset and after nighttime waking, based on data from [...]

Individuals with diabetes who experience COVID-19 are at increased risk for long COVID compared to individuals without diabetes, according to data from a literature review of seven studies. Diabetes remains [...]

WASHINGTON--The flu vaccine may not be perfect, but it can reduce the severity of illness and curb the risk of spreading the disease to others, William Schaffner, MD, emphasized at [...]

ANIFROLUMAB, an inhibitor of type 1 interferon, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who are [...]

USE OF METFORMIN was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of developing basal cell carcinoma (BCC), based on data from a population case-control study in Iceland. 'In addition [...]

A diet higher in fat, sugar, and milk was associated with having acne in a cross-sectional study of approximately 24,000 adults in France. Acne in adults has been associated with [...]