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A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of abdominal procedures....

Doubling the dose of tuberculosis treatment did not drive up rates of depression and anxiety. Medscape Medical News

Heavy alcohol use is taking an earlier toll, landing more young Americans onto transplant lists. The obesity epidemic makes matters worse....

Partial heart transplants provide a range of lifesaving options for children with complex congenital heart conditions, and can lead to a dom...

Smoking rates in the North of England have nearly halved over 18 years, narrowing regional gaps, but overall progress has stalled in recent...

A report has warned the UK is increasingly vulnerable to disruptions in medical countermeasures, posing a major risk to biosecurity prepared...

A new alliance of more than a dozen mental health organizations says federal cuts to SAMHSA will harm all Americans. Medscape Medical New...

The Tandem Control-IQ+ algorithm was recently cleared for use in T2D. Medscape Medical News

Primary care physicians are working in electronic health records while on vacation — a behavior linked to burnout. Medscape Medical News

Updated evidence-based strategies aim to improve colonoscopy bowel preparation quality and patient experience and propose a 90% benchmark fo...

Greater attention to gastric premalignant conditions should help reduce the incidence of gastric cancer and increase the detection of early-...

After COVID-19, RSV cases appear earlier and result in more severe illness in infants, with increased oxygen and ventilation needs, a new st...

Safer-use strategies in primary care patients who use stimulants and/or opioids are deemed acceptable by both patients and clinicians and ma...

Complex terminology, omissions, and inconsistencies frustrate physicians. A study reveals necessary improvements — will hospitals implement...

The American Board of Medical Specialties rejected the application for a new board and invoked a 2-year wait to resubmit. But “we are not do...

Visuospatial scores improved significantly with semaglutide compared with placebo. Medscape Medical News

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A new study suggests early detection improves outcomes, but metabolic episodes in the first days of life still prove challenging. Medscap...

The American College of Physicians strongly recommends adding a triptan to an NSAID to treat adults with moderate to severe acute migraine w...

A meta-analysis found no significant link between vaccination exposure and rheumatoid arthritis risk, but short-term data suggest that vacci...

Health Minister Mark Holland ordered the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care to pause the development of clinical practice guideli...

Regular BMI and waist-to-height checks for patients with long-term conditions could prevent obesity-related complications and improve care,...

Researchers compare late-stage cancer diagnoses in states grouped by their level of regulation of short-term, limited-duration plan policies...

CKD and ESRD can have unpleasant cutaneous manifestations, including alopecia, but there are several helpful approaches to mitigating hair l...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent obesity from beco...