Caitlyn Fitzpatrick

Prisons are breeding grounds for STIs, including HIV. What can fix that?

Meredith McCormack, MD, MHS, talked about managing asthma and COPD in the primary care setting and when it’s time to refer a patient to a specialist at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Heidi Combs, MD, says that many patients present to the primary care office thinking that they have other health problems when the diagnosis is really anxiety or depression. She discussed the topic at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting (ACP 2017) in San Diego, California.

Using the database from the 40-country, double-blind phase 3 ARISTOTLE study, which has been around for over 5 years, a sub-analysis was conducted by Renato Lopes, MD, PhD, professor of Medicine at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and colleagues.

Excitement has been surrounding PCSK9 inhibitors due to high efficacy in lowering cholesterol. However, two reports in 2015 found that two of these drugs (evolocumab and alirocumab) were linked to cognitive issues. A phase 3 trial at ACC 2017 set out to find if that's actually the case.

The phase 3b MUSCA trial reported positive results for mepolizumab.

Only a small percentage of people who think they have a penicillin allergy actually do.

How safe are anti-inflammatory medications for children?

A chlamydia vaccine would cut infection rates, but cost millions.

Steven Nissen, MD, says that heart attacks in fit people are not unusual.

Many people don't see low back pain as life-threatening, but it is.

Published literature says the pre-seroconversion window period lasts around 45 days.

Researchers found that, at most, 4% of people with cirrhosis will develop HCC.

Elite controllers provide a unique look at HIV infection.

Researchers discovered a ruptured balloon can be louder than a shotgun.

Thyroid-stimulating hormone levels may or may not call for treatment during pregnancy.

Study shows that reducing the amount of opioids doesn't result in more pain.

Some HIV-1 strains are able to get past the body's natural barriers better.

Break out the blue paint for women with higher preconception blood pressure.

Heart disease risk factors, not occupation, were linked to shoulder pain.

A trip to the beauty salon could result in exposure to dangerous blood-borne viruses.

Study results on the link between vitamin D and headache have a history of being ambiguous, but new research found more conclusive findings.

Researchers have been studying the potential multiple sclerosis drug ocrelizumab (Ocrevus/Genentech) for years. Results from those studies have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Listerine doesn't just help provide fresh breath. A new study shows its fighting properties against gonorrhea.

“Assuming causality, this would mean that approximately 16.2% of hearing loss occurring in these women could be due to ibuprofen or acetaminophen use,” said Gary Curhan, MD, SCD.

The few hepatitis C rapid tests available now are either too expensive or lack quality – posing problems for extensive distribution.

With sexual activity being a leading cause of HIV infection, researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) in Barcelona, Spain aimed to find how dolutegravir impacts the risk of HIV transmission.

Combining the common cold virus and a DNA-based vaccine revs up the immune system to fight the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia.

Smoking is bad for everyone’s lungs – but it’s especially bad for people with asthma. So you would think that someone with the lung condition would steer clear of activities which can trigger an attack.

“November 7, 1991 was a life changing day that I never saw coming,” Earvin “Magic” Johnson wrote on his site, The Playbook.