Objective: Corticosteroids are effective in controlling the inflammatory component of allergic rhinitis; however, evidence for the clinical efficacy of systemic corticosteroids in this disease is ...

A woman's beliefs about family planning practices are shaped by the culture in which she is raised. Engaging women and their partners in culturally-responsive family planning and contraception ...

The pathogenesis of suboptimal platelet function is multifactorial. Platelets do not function well if there are too many or too few platelets; also the platelets can be present in the appropriate ...

Cancellations of NIH grant review panels, in particular, could affect cancer research grants and funding. In these NIH grant ...

Beta blockers were associated with later appearance of motor symptoms and slower symptom worsening, but an outside expert ...

Eight European medical organizations have released a joint policy paper for addressing Europe’s ongoing health workforce ...

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect (2001), head injuries are the chief cause of traumatic death and the leading cause of child abuse fatalities.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2007;5(6):1135-1146. Diagnosing a secundum ASD is more often than not incidental because the defect normally causes symptoms late in adult life. Echocardiography and ...

Researchers encourage clinicians to consider divorce in childhood a potentially important risk factor for stroke.

Children living in households with reported in-home cannabis smoking show five times higher odds of having detectable THC ...

The author of a new guidebook on GLP-1s and other experts share their tips for how clinicians can optimize patient success ...

Regardless of stage of disease, cytotoxic chemotherapy remains an important part of the treatment paradigm for breast cancer. Anthracyclines and taxanes are the most active agents; however ...