Patients with severe asthma undergoing treatment with anti-interleukin 5 (IL5)/anti-IL5 receptor (IL5R) biologics experience improvements in oral corticosteroid use, exacerbations, and symptoms, rega… [+3802 chars]
2022 has been a banner year for global infectious disease spread and it's not just COVID. First, there were the reports of little kids with mysterious and life-threatening liver failure across the… [+9414 chars]
The potential for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) to provide a clinical benefit relative to lifelong oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation (AF) varies based on a patients risks of stroke… [+10042 chars]
Two and a half years after the onset of the pandemic, were still calculating the damage done by SARS-CoV-2 and its worrisome scion, Long COVID. The Center for Disease Control says that nearly 20% of … [+10238 chars]
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A case study of a 65-year-old man in Japan with long COVID describes how he recovered from certai… [+4224 chars]
<ul><li>Researchers investigated the effects of testosterone on prosocial behaviors in male gerbils.</li><li>They found that testosterone both increased and decreased prosocial behavior depending on … [+7083 chars]
Using data from 2 large pharmacovigilance databases, investigators confirmed that proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were associated with pharmacovigilance signals for the manifestation of drug-induced lu… [+3178 chars]
Data from a trial seeking to determine whether multiple injections of a tuberculosis vaccine developed in the 1900s could protect high-risk diabetes patients from COVID produced some positive results… [+4607 chars]
Introduction The structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was first described only less than 70 years ago.1 This milestone opened an entirely new field of research, leading to a deeper understanding… [+27079 chars]
Changes in obstructive sleep apnea status were linked with white matter integrity and cognitive performance, suggesting that timely intervention of OSA could help preserve brain health, researchers r… [+2492 chars]
Lyme Disease Bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi. Photo by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scientists who wanted to help heal a sick horse created an ultra-sensitive DNA test for Lyme disease. The t… [+4478 chars]
A Rutgers scientist aiming to help heal a sick horse created an ultra-sensitive DNA test that could have applications for difficult-to-detect illnesses in humans such as Lyme disease. As described i… [+3861 chars]
