The American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Diabetes Association (ADA), and American Heart Association (AHA) issued a joint statement urging clinicians not to abandon the groups’ generally recommended hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) target of <7% for people with diabetes.
Level 2: Mid-level evidenceCovering of the head during sleep was associated with an increased risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), based on a systematic review of 10 case-control studies with data on prevalence of head covering during sleep in 1,234 cases and 3,822 controls (Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:778-783). All studies distinguished covering of the…
Feverfew is a medicinal herb that has largely been found safe and effective for migraine prophylaxis.
If you want to effectively encourage African American patients to be screened for colon cancer, accentuate the positive.
A 67-year-old man with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer has had two sessions of…
157 new cases of leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) were detected in 2007 nationwide.
In addition to psoriasis, what other conditions cause nail pitting?
Chronic conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, high BP, or high cholesterol, seem to delay multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnoses.
A 20-month-old girl born premature was diagnosed with necrotizing enterocolitis and underwent…
Researchers have detected a significant but unexplained decline in the prevalence of anemia among women and children.
