Patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in whom outpatient treatment fails are at risk for serious…
Case 21-2019: A 31-Year-Old Woman with Vision Loss
Presentation of Case. Dr. Priya Srikanth (Neurology): A 31-year-old woman was evaluated in the emergency department of this hospital because…
Thyroid Function and Conception
This clinical scenario of a young, healthy woman who is found to have a serum thyrotropin concentration in the mid-to-upper…
Medical News Today: What to do if you feel you cannot get out of bed
Many psychological issues can cause a person to feel as though they cannot get out of bed. Strategies to alleviate…
Medical News Today: What to know about circumcised and uncircumcised penises
Circumcision of the penis, or the removal of the foreskin, is not usually medically necessary. For many people, it is…
Next-generation sequencing identifies monogenic diabetes in 16% of patients with late adolescence/adult-onset diabetes selected on a clinical basis: a cross-sectional analysis
Monogenic diabetes (MgD) accounts for 1–2% of all diabetes cases. In adults, MgD is difficult to distinguish from common diabetes…
Medical News Today: Can minocycline help treat rheumatoid arthritis?
Minocycline is an antibiotic that can reduce inflammation. Minocycline can relieve the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but newer treatments…
A moderate dose of novel form of stress promotes longevity
A newly described form of stress called chromatin architectural defect, or chromatin stress, triggers in cells a response that leads…
No link between flu vaccine in pregnancy and later health problems in children
There is no association between exposure to the 2009 H1N1 ‘swine flu’ vaccine during pregnancy and health problems in early…
Possible link between sugary drinks and cancer
Findings from a new study suggest that limiting sugary drinks might contribute to a reduction in cancer cases, say researchers.