- Physicians Unlikely to Document Obesity in Patient Records
- Blood Donor Reservoir Running Low
- Long-Distance Transfer for PCI Safe and Feasible
- Medical Residents Flunk TB Quiz
- FDA Advisers Endorse Natalizumab (Tysabri) for Crohn's Disease
- Deep-Brain Stimulation Restores Awareness After Six Years
- Urinary Protein May Offer Early Marker of Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury
- Analysis Validates Reduced Risk of Liver Cancer by Coffee Drinking
- Ovarian Tissue Transplantation Works Despite Genetic Differences
- Income Gap is a Matter of Childhood Life and Death
- Prostate Cancer Viewed as Condition Linked to Fused Chromosomes
- Progesterone Injections Don't Reduce Preterm Twin Births
- Anorexia Nervosa Is Common But Often Transient
- Drug Boosts Performance of Poor Sleepers with ADHD
- Optical Markers May Offer Test for Early Pancreatic Cancer
- Hearing Difference May Be SIDS Marker
- Noninvasive Ultrasound Technique Relieves Uterine Fibroids
- COPD Preferentially Takes Women's Breath Away
- Radiofrequency Ablation Wipes Out Small Kidney Tumors
- Gene Variant Predicts Treatment Success in Depression
- FDA Advisers Urge Risk Assessment When Prescribing Rosiglitazone (Avandia)
- Survey: What Will You Do About Rosiglitazone (Avandia)?
- Care for the Underserved Not Influenced by Doctors' Religious Attendance
- Child Abuse Increases When Soldier Parent Is Deployed
- ACOG Opposes Switching Contraceptives Without Woman's Assent
- Stent Thrombosis Particularly Risky for Multivessel Disease
- Multidetector CT Angiography Promising for Brain Aneurysm
- Preventive Induced Labor Slows Caesarean Section Rate
- Chief Justice Has High Risk for Repeat Seizures, Specialists Say
- One Cannabis Joint Equals Smoking Up to Five Cigarettes
- Low Air Pollution Levels Can Still Be Lethal
- MRI Beats Mammography or Ultrasound at Detecting Breast Cancer
- Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure
- FDA Advisers Vote to Keep Rosiglitazone (Avandia) But Cite Risks
- BREAKING NEWS: FDA Advisers Recommend Diabetes Drug Stay on Market
- Biologic Combo Boosts Response in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
- PCI with Drug-Eluting Stents Effective for Left Main Artery Stenosis
- Living Lung Transplants Found Life-Saving Option in PAH
- More Evidence of Harm from Smoking During Pregnancy
- CDC Urges Action to Prevent Cryptosporidiosis Outbreaks
- Reading Boosts Cognitive Reserve to Protect Against Lead Exposure
- New MS Genetic Risk Factors Found
- Drug Improves Some Symptoms in Severe Alzheimer's Disease
- PODCAST:FDA Rosiglitazone Public Hearing
- Hospitals Improve Heart Failure Outcome by Following National Guidelines
- Experience Counts in Weight-Loss Surgery
- Health and Access to Care Help Explain Differences in Arthritis Disability Risk
- Sexual Problems of Genital-Tract Cancer Survivors Often Neglected
- Thirty-Minute CPR Course as Effective as a Three-Hour One
- FDA Documents Reveal Lengthy Delays on Rosiglitazone (Avandia) MI Risks
- IAS: CCR5 Inhibitors Eagerly Awaited for HIV Therapy
- Horseback Riding a Major Cause of Recreational Brain Trauma
- Death Prompts FDA to Suspend Arthritis Gene Therapy Trial
- Diesel Fumes Team Up With Cholesterol for Atherosclerosis
- FDA Okays Plan to Allow Restricted Use of Tegaserod (Zelnorm)
- IAS: Darunavir Noninferior to Lopinavir in TITAN trial
- Cannabis Use Linked to Increased Psychosis Risk
- Nursing Tops List for Work-Related Asthma
- Combination Therapy Halts Kidney Function Loss in Genetic Disease
- After TB Surgery, Speaker Released as Non-Contagious
- Vioxx Trouble Started Early and Stayed Late
- False Lumen Status Predicts Mortality Risk After Type B Aortic Dissection
- More Evidence for Breast Cancer Declines as HRT Use Drops
- Many Beliefs About Cancer Risks at Odds With Evidence
- IAS: Ramp Up of Adult Circumcision Urged to Prevent AIDS
- ICDs Reduce Risk of Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- IAS: HIV Microbicide Failure Remains A Puzzle
- Nicholas A. Christakis, M.D., Ph.D.
- Metastatic Testicular Cancer Stopped With High-Dose Regimen
- Large Trial Shows Corticosteroids Don't Help Against Infant Wheeze
- FDA Advisers Recommend Raloxifene (Evista) for Prevention of Breast Cancer
- IAS: Maraviroc Called Premature for New HIV Patients
- IAS: Genetic Test Pinpoints Patients Who'll React to Abacavir
- IAS: New Drugs Effective Against HIV Resistance
- Survivors of Childhood ALL Likely to Be Sedentary Adults
- Obesity May Be Contagious Among Friends and Family
- Recurrence Risk after Prostatectomy Lower with Experienced Surgeons
- IAS: Cancers Worry Vicriviroc HIV Researchers
- Grand Jury Refuses to Indict New Orleans Doctor Charged with Killing Katrina-Stranded
- IAS: Early Treatment Saves HIV-infected Infants
- Eating Fish Urged to Counter Binge-Drinking Effects on Fatty Acids
- Low Mammography Rate for Older Breast Cancer Survivors May Cost Lives
- Residents' Work-Hour Restrictions Shift Burden to Faculty Members
- IAS: Raltegravir Effective in New HIV Patients
- Hip Protectors Fail the Fall Test in Nursing Homes
- Rate of Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Shows Significant Decline
- IAS: Investigative Drugs Zero in on HIV Vulnerabilities
- Intense Lipid Lowering Associated With Cancer Risks
- Literacy Linked to Survival in Medicare Patients
- Group Therapy Shows No Effect on Breast Cancer Survival
- IAS PODCAST: Julio Montaner, M.D.
- IAS: Novel HIV Entry Blocker Found Safe and Powerful
- IAS: HIV Treatment Requires Cardiac Assessment
- Childhood Sun Exposure May Lower Multiple Sclerosis Risk
- IAS: Low Dose of Nevirapine OK for HIV/TB
- Soft Drinks Linked to Metabolic Syndrome Risk
- Bush Adenomatous Polyps Determined Benign
- Venous Thromboembolism Rates Climb After Hospital Discharge
- IAS: Undetectable Viral Load Must Be Goal in HIV treatment
- Chemotherapy May Obviate Irradiation in Ependymoma
- IAS PODCAST: Wayne Koff, Ph.D.
- FDA Expands Chili Sauce Recall to Include Dozens of Related Products
- IAS: TB and HIV Therapy Can Co-Exist
- IAS: Early HIV Treatment Regaining Favor
- More Evidence Links Obesity to Multiple Myeloma
- IAS PODCAST: David Cooper, M.D.
- IAS: Many HIV Advances, But Still Much To Do
- FDA Expands Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recall to 10 Brands
- IAS: Live Virus Vaccines Touted for HIV
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Survival Improved with Newer Therapies
- Ritalin May Alter Chemistry of Young Brains
- State Smoking Ban Slashes New Yorkers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
- TB Agent Helps in Obsessive-Compulsive Therapy
- Combined Chemotherapy Improves CLL Outcomes but Not Survival
- Music and a View Ease Anxiety During Colposcopy
- Growing Pains for Home-Alone Glycosylated Hemoglobin Monitoring
- Behavioral Therapy Adds No Benefit to SSRI Treatment in Depressed Teens
- Two Renin Inhibitors Found to Equal Lower Blood Pressures
- ADHD Therapies Hold Roughly Uniform Benefit in the Long Run
- Hybrid Regimen Shows Promise for Infant ALL
- Old Mice Reveal Tale of Insulin-like Signaling in Longevity
- Statin May Reduce Risk of Dementia and Parkinson's Disease
- Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Linked to ICU Nursing Shortages
- Intensive Training for Teen Tennis Players May String Out Spine
- Infant Car Seats May Increase Risk of SIDS
- Technique Used for Male Infertility Climbs, but Disorder Steady
- PET Scans May Predict Response in NSCLC Treatment
- FDA Links Hot Dog Chili Sauce to Botulism Poisoning
- Long-Term HIV Suppression Leads to Sustained Increases in CD4 Count
- Immune Gene Variant May Cause Macular Degeneration
- Restless Leg Linked to Chromosome Six -- At Least
- Gene Scan Finds Links to Coronary Disease
- Antibody May Have Potential for At-Home Crohn's Therapy
- Solo Antiplatelet Therapy Sufficient in Peripheral Arterial Disease
- HIV-Positive Kid May Need Repeat Measles Vaccination
- Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Seen No Better than Other Drugs in Diabetic Control
- Scant Data on Dietary Advice in Diabetes, but Exercise Helps
- Lentils Outdo White Bread for Weight Loss
- Vitamin C Won't Prevent Colds in Most Adults
- Oral Anticoagulants Top Antiplatelet Drugs for Stroke Prevention in A-Fib
- Hospitals Doing Care Right Reduce Death Rates
- No Uniform Cancer Risk from CT Heart Scans
- FDA Okays First Artificial Cervical Disc
- More Fruit and Vegetables No Better for Breast Cancer Survival
- Nonfasting Triglyceride Levels Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk
- Tonsillectomy Passes the Taste Test
- Apraclonidine Drops May Trigger Lethargy and Bradycardia in Infants
- Diabetes Increases Hospital Complications for Trauma Patients
- AHA Says Weight Training May Benefit Cardiac Patients
- Speaker to Have Surgery Today for MDR-TB
- Troubled Sleep Accompanies Cognitive Decline in Women
- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Grows More Common
- VAS-COG: Mild Cognitive Impairment May Increase Stroke Risk
- For Type 2 Diabetes, Older Drugs Seem Tried and True
- FDA Okays Molecular Assay to Detect Node-Positive Breast Cancer
- Rising Case Rate and Mortality Documented for C. difficile Colitis
- Tendon Transfer Shows Promise in Correcting Facial Paralysis
- VAS-COG: Exercise in Midlife May Protect the Aging Brain
- VAS-COG: Incontinence with Impaired Awareness Linked to Mortality Risk after Stroke
- VAS-COG: Lowering Angiotensin II May Raise Stroke Risk
- VAS-COG: Sertraline Shows Promise for Improving Executive Function in Dementia
- AOSSM: Arthroscopic Surgery Aces Tennis Elbow in Small Study
- Nodal Status Key to Outcome After Chemoradiation for Esophageal Cancer
- VAS-COG: Incontinence with Impaired Awareness Linked to Mortality Risk after Stroke
- Inhaled Steroids Linked to Pneumonia Hospitalizations in COPD
- VAS-COG: Lowering Angiotensin II May Raise Stroke Risk
- VAS-COG: Sertraline Shows Promise for Improving Executive Function in Dementia
- New Method Could Pull the Mask Off Apnea Treatment
- Hispanic Women Reap Greater Benefit From Blood Pressure Control
- VAS-COG: Mild Cognitive Impairment May Increase Stroke Risk
- When a Robot Does Rounds Patients Get Faster Discharge
- Scleroderma Patients Are Living Longer
- For Advanced Colorectal Cancer Sequential Chemotherapy Equals Combined Drugs
- Daily Pint of Milk May Lower Metabolic Syndrome Risk
- Drug Prescribing for Elderly Called in Calamitous State
- VAS-COG: Poor Dental Health May Raise Risk of Dementia
- VAS-COG: Brain Effects of Carotid Disease Emerge in Middle Age
- PODCAST: 10th Annual America’s Children Report
- Low-Birth-Weight and Obesity Rates Both on the Rise in U.S. Kids
- Venous Thromboembolism Risk Huge for Hospitalized Patients
- Diaphragm Fails to Augment HIV Prevention Over Condom Alone
- VAS-COG: Hypertension Linked to Cognitive Decline in Older Patients
- Practice Forgetting and Memories Fade
- Older Patients Advised to March to a Fast Drummer
- 'Fat Tax' Could Avert Heart Deaths
- AOSSM: Flexible Knee Support after ACL Surgery as Good as Hard Brace
- FDA Approves Robotic Arm for Physical Therapy of Stroke Patients
- Sildenafil Boosts the Heart's Performance, Too
- Jogging to an iPod Tune May Be Dangerous During Thunderstorms
- Another Caution on Cardiovascular Risks From HRT
- FDA Approves Bifocal LASIK Surgery
- Neural-Tube Defects Decline After Folic Acid Fortification
- Breast Cancer Prognosis Not Affected by BRCA Status
- Plight of Uninsured Comes Home to Roost in Medicare
- Longer HCV Treatment Outperforms Short Course
- U.S. Obesity Rates Continue Relentless Climb
- High Blood Pressure Can Mask Dangerous Chest Pain
- Dairy-Deficient Diet May Determine Diabetes Risk
- Rapid Improvement Seen in State-Mandated Newborn Screening Programs
- How Tomatoes Flunked the FDA's Anticancer Test
- Natriuretic Peptides Improve Risk Assessment in Low-Risk Coronary Diseases
- Antimalarial Drug May Reduce Diabetes Risk in RA Patients
- Drug that Thwarts Nicotine Addiction May Help with Alcohol Dependence
- Drug Eluting Stents Linked to Increased Mortality in Saphenous Vein Grafts
- New York Reports Spike in Syphilis Cases
- Depression Is Often Overlooked in Early Parkinson's
- Mental Health Suffers in COPD Patients
- Incretin-Based Diabetes Therapies Seen as 'Modestly Effective' Option
- Prophylactic Antibiotics Earn Poor Grades for Kids' UTIs
- FDA Approves Rivastigmine Patch for Alzheimer's Disease
- Selenium Supplements Fail to Show Diabetes Benefit
- No Quality Benefits Seen with Electronic Health Records
- Where There's Smoke, There's Less Parkinson's Disease
- Teens Eat Poorly Now, May Breathe Worse Later
- Middle-Age Eye Woes Predict Higher Premature Death Rates
- Non-Motor Side Effects in Early Parkinson's Therapy Linked to Comorbidities
- Common DNA Variant Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk
- 'America's Best' Heart Hospitals Aren't Necessarily the Best
- Eye Exams Overlooked for Nursing Home Residents
- Age, Sex of Physician Influence Inappropriate PSA Tests
- Proposed Criteria Target Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis
- Diagnostic Delays a Snag in Childhood Cancer Therapy
- Inadequate Vitamin D Levels Common Among Children
- Intense Heat Threatens Health of the Young and the Old
- Stroke Patients May Get Faulty Advice from Hospital Healthlines
- After the Fall, Exercise Training Improves Quality of Life for Older Patients
- Pet Turtle Linked to Infant Death
- Infection-Related Cancers Elevated Among the Immunodeficient
- Darunavir Non-inferior to Lopinavir in HIV
- FDA Cites Risks of Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) Mixed With Calcium
- ESHRE: Alternative Therapy No Boon for Infertile Women
- ESHRE: Assisted Reproduction May Increase Umbilical Abnormalty Risks
- ESHRE: Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos Found Bad IVF Medicine
- ESHRE: Assisted Reproduction May Increase Umbilical Abnormalty Risks
- Autism Diagnosis Can Be Made at an Earlier Age
- Cardiac PET-CT Reveals 40% Remedial False-Positive Rate
- Inflammation Appears to Be Linked to Lung Cancer
- Mild Cirrhosis is Not a Bar to Cardiac Surgery
- New Wave of Medicare Pay Cuts for Physicians Announced by CMS
- Long-Haul Flights May Promote High-Altitude Symptoms
- Increases in Rx Cost-Sharing Gets Mixed Review
- XDR-TB Turnabout Raises Questions
- Genetic Diagnosis of Embryos Found Bad IVF Medicine
- Inflammation-Related Enzyme May Predict CAD Risk in Healthy Individuals
- Dark Chocolate a Comfort to Early Blood Pressure
- Tumor Size Not Related to Hearing Loss in von Hippel-Lindau Disease
- Speaker TB Case Downgraded to Multi-Drug Resistant
- Anti-Fat Injection in Mice Conjures Up an Ice Cream Dream
- High-Dose Statins Give Older Patients Added Protection
- New Onset Epilepsy Linked to Increased Suicide Risk