Supreme Court Ruling Preserves Access to Preventive Services In a 6-3 decision, the top US court preserved a federal mandate meant to guarantee access to preventive services that get top marks from an ...

Most of the publications in pharmacogenetics [3] have dealt with pharmacokinetic examples of the impact of human genetic changes on drug metabolism. In general, the findings have shown that when drugs ...

Response from Robert Fox, MD Enlargement of the papillae on the distal tongue would be a very unusual manifestation of Sjögren's syndrome. I would be concerned that another process may be present.

To characterize the meta-immunological profile of type 1 diabetes, several indicators of inflammatory and metabolic activities (leptin, sLepR, MCP-1, sCD40 L, MPO, sICAM-1, resistin, OPG, and sTNFR) ...

Unilateral Disease Serious consideration should be given to penetrating keratoplasty for unilateral corneal opacity, particularly in infants or children within the amblyogenic age range, because ...

Doxazosin mesylate (Cardura) is one of several peripheral selective a 1 -adrenergic antagonists currently marketed in the United States for the treatment of hypertension. [1, 2] The other currently ...

Introduction Meningiomas are neoplasms originating from the meningeal tissue covering the brain and spinal cord. They are usually benign, with 1-3% exhibiting malignant growth. [1] The incidence of ...

Figure 1. Histograms of the scores based on Medicare claims source and their combined total*. *Oral and pharyngeal (OP) cancer case (magenta) and control (blue) scores; vertical reference bars for: ...

Introduction Chronic pain (CP) is defined as 'pain that persists past the normal time of healing and lasts for 3 months or longer'. [1] It is a global health problem. A WHO survey of countries in ...

Introduction Gastric cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide, with an estimated 934,000 new cases per year, and the second most common cause of worldwide cancer deaths, with an estimated 700 ...

A 60-Year-Old Postal Clerk Presents With Gross Hematuria A 60-year-old postal clerk presents with gross hematuria. His medical history includes rheumatic fever, and his sister was recently diagnosed ...