Internal Medicine

University of Washington investigators found great disparities in AEMT-driven death rates among states and age groups.

Unlike assessments of pediatric patients, healthcare providers do not routinely include the family members or friends in the assessment of older adults—but they should.

Coronary artery disease remains the top killer of Americans—these tools may help identify people who are still at risk.

A new review shows transgender women face higher HIV rates than transgender men, but also finds a relative lack of data about transmen.

Currently in phase 1 testing, ACX-362E is being developed as a narrow spectrum antibiotic for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection.

Success with metronidazole was more likely in patients 65 years and under but was about the same as with vancomycin in those patients.

New research finds participants don’t always accurately report—or know—their HIV status when enrolling in studies.

A new study finds that age, gender, physician gender, income, and social behavior influence whether teenagers and young adults are confidential with their care providers.

A retrospective study showed which patients with substance use disorder may have less successful antiepileptic drug treatment.

The Second Chance app from University of Washington investigators is seeking FDA consideration in the near future.

Over 2 years, lacosamide was effective and generally well tolerated among adults with newly diagnosed epilepsy, compared to carbamazepine.

Crizanlizumab is being developed to prevent painful and unpredictable vaso-occlusive crises in patients with sickle cell disease.

Re-establishing the doctor-patient bond is critical, especially in an era of more informed patients and increasing physician burnout.

The WEB Aneurysm Embolization System is designed to treat intracranial wide neck bifurcation aneurysms.

Patient and caregiver assessments should be considered alongside clinician assessments during tardive dyskinesia screening procedures, as they may differ.

MD Magazine's most popular stories this year ranged from new clinical insights, to physician-submitted columns, to perspectives on burnout in the workplace.

UK investigators conducted the first large study seeking to understand whether the same or different genes explain why some people experience more severe asthma symptoms.

Recent antibiotic use and hospitalization status were some of the risk factors for C difficile infection.

Over the past 5 years, the US healthcare system has gradually become a victim of its own success.

The therapy is indicated for ITP patients aged 1 year and older who have been diagnosed for at least 6 months, and have had an insufficient response to corticosteroids, immunoglobulins, or splenectomy.

For patients with chronic liver disease, opioid prescriptions are common, and high-risk prescriptions are associated with hepatic decompensation, especially ascites.

Highly-purified cannabidiol (CBD) marketed as Epidiolex can lower the chances of seizures in adults and children with epilepsy.

What if insights from population data were able to help doctors predict a potential diagnosis months or even years earlier and be used to monitor these patients after a diagnosis is made?

Patients with epilepsy who live in high crime areas of Chicago had 3 times the rate of seizures as those in low crime neighborhoods.

The guidance touches on hand hygiene, airway management, environmental disinfection, and IV drug injection recommendations.