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The risk of a later diagnosis of autism may be slightly increased in young children who have asthma, according to a new study.
The findings provide another good reason for those with OSA to wear a CPAP mask that helps assure uninterrupted breathing throughout the night.
Useful details here about HIV and age-related issues, sexual dysfunction, heart disease, and end-organ damage.
A simple way to prevent asthma or treat wheezing may be to eat flaxseed or take some kind of probiotic.
These suggestions will enhance your enjoyment of long meetings and will have your colleagues remarking on what a jolly, friendly person you really are. Ignore the advice at your own peril.
The good: this premier HIV conference offers a banquet of exceptional material. The bad: the expense and the grind of covering a meeting this rich--and lengthy.
Two studies demonstrate that raltegravir is an extremely well-tolerated and potent component of a combination antiretroviral regimen.
In its classic form, ALS affects motor neurons at 2 or more levels supplying multiple regions of the body.
Mental illness is a risk factor for HIV infection. It brings a number of behavioral correlates that put patients at risk for getting infected. As HIV infection worsens, it begins to affect the brain, and cyclical relationship between the disease and mental illness begins.
Here, HIV/AIDS specialist, Dr. Susan Ball, answers 6 questions about HIV infection that primary care clinicians commonly ask.
When is it time to refer your patient with low back pain to a specialist for possible spine surgery? How long should you give conservative measures a try? What symptoms signal the need for urgent care? In this video, Raymond Haroun, MD addresses these and other pressing questions.
What is the relationship between common illnesses and depression? And why is the relationship so strong? What can clinicians do now to manage both the medical illness and the depression?
Simvastatin 40 mg once daily can attenuate increases in cardiorespiratory fitness in response to exercise training.
Recurrent C difficile requires pulse vancomycin therapy; fecal microbiota transplant shows promise.
A key finding: a primary physician’s healthy lifestyle behaviors may be linked to his or her recommendations for hypertension prevention.
