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Updates to the atrial fibrillation guidelines now recommend a newer type of blood-thinning medication called non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs).

A new study finds patients who have high, real, or perceived risk of HIV are more likely to accept PrEP when they have access to it.

Parents hoping to spare their children from colds and the flu follow scientific recommendations in high numbers, but they are also susceptible to unscientific “folklore.”

The USPSTF continues to recommend universal prophylactic treatment with erythromycin ointment for all newborns.

UAB investigators sought to learn if neutrophil elastase exists in an exosomal form, and whether these exosomes could potentially bypass alpha1-antitrypsin inhibition to contribute to COPD.

The soon-to-be marketed therapy Dsuvia has shown enough benefit, tolerability, and safety to aid an at-need patient population in a controlled setting.

The medulloblastoma subset has a poor prognosis, so investigators have been looking for new treatment options.

Investigators found atypical responses from brain cells known as astrocytes, which follow traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), may be the cause of epilepsy development.

In the past 5 years, the administration has continually improved on the previous year's rate. More of the same should be anticipated in 2019.

Hilary Baldwin, MD, debunks the myths behind the nodular acne therapy she claims is a miracle drug.

The FDA has approved Janssen’s ibrutinib plus obinutuzumab for treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

Patients hospitalized for exacerbations due to asthma have a 29% longer stay if treated early with antibiotics.

Some of the changes come in response to growing concern about antimicrobial resistant strains of gonorrhea.

Investigators say they’ve developed a more accurate model for tracking and predicting the spread of influenza.

Recent research suggests African Americans have a asthma-related mortality rate 10 times greater than non-Hispanic white children.

The painful condition requires more options for women to recover without further discomfort.

Despite virologic cures of hepatitis C with direct-acting antivirals, post-cure care is necessary to prevent liver disease progression and manage complications.

A new study found the biggest burden of benzodiazepine-related visits have come from primary care physicians, and that efforts to limit sedative prescription may have to start there.

There are only 4 case reports of this cancer in muscular dystrophy patients.

About 1 in 7 heart failure patients have COPD, which can lead to a 30% increase in risk of hospitalization and death.

New research based on more than a quarter-million patient records shows vaccinating patients against the flu while hospitalized is safe.

For 2 years after C difficile infection, patients under 65 years were at greater risk for gastrointestinal diagnoses compared to uninfected patients.

Obese/overweight patients aged 12 to 25 years old with uncontrolled asthma reported no significant improvements in asthma control compared to patients treated with soy oil control.

The device is being developed to prevent muscle atrophy and reduce days of ventilator support.

The National Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Stockpile has been storing vaccines for particular pandemic-potential viruses since 2005.

A delay in giving the first dose of an antiepileptic for pediatric status epilepticus is common and associated with increased seizure duration.

Investigators hope their findings will alleviate clinicians’ concerns about choosing between fidaxomicin and oral vancomycin for treatment.

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