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A Keck Medicine expert explains how the California-based institution has pooled resources and personnel during their pandemic response.

New data from ACC.20/WCC indicates low birth weight in infants could indicate mothers who are at increased risk of heart failure later in life.

Results of a study show the efficacy of an artificial intelligence chatbot for patients with asthma and pregnant women.

In the phase 2 PIONEER trial, patients taking avapritinib self-reported improvements in quality of life.

How coronavirus spread has affected a New York institution's invasive cardiology department.

The approval of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir comes after a multicenter clinical trial confirmed the safety and efficacy of the treatment.

About 1 in every 20 adult Americans now reguarly uses vaping and e-cigarette products.

A new asthma study will leverage real-time data in the next 10 years.

Technology, data, and community partnerships can help improve the overall health of patients with chronic health conditions.

Doctors of all fields, including pulmonologists, are coming together to collaborate on research regarding the ongoing threat of the coronavirus.

Telehealth tools can identify someone whose symptoms are worsening and connect them to a medical professional.

In the final segment of the series, experts look ahead to how pain management will grow to treat the millions of burdened Americans.

The online program also reduced stress, anxiety, and depression in women seeking treatment for infertility.

Lessons learned when traveling home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Individuals are encouraged to maintain some semblance of normalcy in face of the coronavirus outbreak, including regular exercise and sleep.

The former SCCM president speaks on the risk of facing ICU-trained personnel shortages during the coronavirus spread.

Some gastrointestinal symptoms could be exacerbated by contracting the novel coronavirus.

Digital tools like electronic health records play an important role in addressing care for patients with chronic health conditions.

In part 4 of our series, guideline authors and researchers relay the particularities of guiding and regulating the spread of still-necessary painkiller prescriptions.

Patients who take opioids after a tooth extraction report higher pain levels than nonopioid users 6 months after the procedure.

In a new study, investigators identify the correlation between treatment duration and ferritin level changes in responders to oral iron supplementation.

Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, discusses the populations that can most benefit from using telehealth tools and Medicare reimbursement obstacles.

With the spread of coronavirus increasing in the US, telehealth can be leveraged, but regulations need to be modified.

According to a new report, males and older individuals are more susceptible to fall-related traumatic brain injury deaths.

In part 3 of Painkiller: A History of Crisis, we explore the data behind the 3 waves of the opioid epidemic.