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Postmenopausal women who are taking statins appear to have an increased risk of developing diabetes, researchers have found.

Janssen Research & Development has submitted an application to the FDA requesting approval of Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to decrease the risk of thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

On January 5, Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine author Rachel Fields posted a list, “40 of the Most Powerful People in Healthcare.”

Ultrasound imaging is not inferior to computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for assessing renal mass size, researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Pennsylvania have found.

Altering the diet of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder helps decrease symptoms of hyperactivity and inattention just a small portion of the time, a recent review of controlled scientific studies suggests.

The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and nine other leading medical specialty societies have launched the Choosing Wisely campaign in an effort to decrease unnecessary health care spending and improve the quality of care patients receive.

Women who suffer from celiac disease are more likely to report symptoms of depression and disordered eating, even if they follow a gluten-free diet, researchers have found.

In hospitals and other medical settings, any surface touched by multiple people can serve as a medium for spreading viruses and bacteria—even a computer keyboard. That’s where the Vioguard self-sanitizing keyboard, which was approved for use in health care settings last week by the FDA, comes in.

Children born to mothers who are of low socioeconomic status or have maternal gestational diabetes mellitus may be at increased risk of developing ADHD.

Altered levels of substances known as biomarkers in spinal fluid may predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease up to 10 years before the condition can be diagnosed based on mental functioning, a new study by researchers in Sweden suggests.

The combination of two widely used drugs—lamotrigine and valproate—may treat refractory epilepsy more effectively than other antiepileptic regimens, researchers at the University of Washington have found.

Andrew Wakefield, the lead author of a discredited 1998 study in the Lancet linking the MMR vaccine to autism has sued a British journalist, the journal BMJ, and the journal’s editor over articles, editorials, and public statements that he claims are false and defamatory and have caused him personal and financial damage.

Less than half of a sampling of trials funded by the National Institutes of Health were published within 30 months of completion, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found.

Hospitals are increasing their use of cardiac monitors to detect heart rhythm abnormalities and reduce staffing needs, but this may end up inadvertently harming patients, a report in the Boston Globe suggests.

Patients in the US who have had an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge than patients in a number of other countries, researchers have found.

Increased physical activity appears to improve kids' academic performance, report Dutch researchers based on a review of 14 previous studies on the subject.

Allowing patients to listen to music with noise-cancelling headphones during a prostate biopsy may reduce their pain perception and anxiety, according to researchers at the Duke University Medical Center.

A widespread shortage of generic drugs in recent months has made life increasingly difficult for patients with ADHD, and many are growing frantic as they are forced to purchase costly brand name drugs instead of scarce generic versions.

Tribal violence in a remote area of South Sudan has caused facilities run by the international medical relief organization Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders/MSF) to cease operation and over 100 local MSF staffers to flee into the surrounding countryside.

Levels of the protein troponin I in patients admitted to emergency care for chest pain may help doctors rule out or confirm a diagnosis of heart attack, researchers in Germany have found.