VAIL, Colo. – Never underestimate the power of a physician’s strong personal recommendation of a vaccine in influencing a... »

As physicians who vaccinate children, we are becoming too complacent about polio. The risk has not disappeared. On the... »

Approximately 40% of emergency department visits for sports-related concussions in young athletes occurred in children aged... »

STOCKHOLM – Use of the oral factor Xa inhibitor apixaban slashed the risk of stroke or systemic embolism by more than half,... »

Long-term use of the weight loss drug sibutramine was not associated with an increased risk of death; however, the drug was... »

STOCKHOLM – Four simple clinical conditions play the biggest role in risk-stratifying outpatients with stable... »

In spite of an alarming report earlier this year by the Environmental Working Group, an analysis of human and animal studies... »

Combination topical tretinoin and clindamycin was as effective as combination salicylic acid and clindamycin for reducing... »

A new population-based study has demonstrated an association between a group of human papillomaviruses viruses and an... »

SAN ANTONIO  – Overweight individuals who knew that they had prediabetes did not lose any more weight than did those... »

SAN ANTONIO – A personalized phone call from a retail chain store pharmacist to patients who missed diabetes prescription... »

KEYSTONE, Colo. -- The number of adults with type 1 diabetes is quietly and steadily climbing--and the American health care... »

Acute pancreatitis patients with both organ failure and infected pancreatic necrosis have a risk of death that is twice as... »

The proton pump inhibitor rabeprazole had a small, but significant effect in reducing laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms... »

Emergency general surgery procedures are associated with high overall morbidity and serious morbidity/mortality, as well as... »