Recently, researchers reported the first case of repaglinide-induced factitious hypoglycemia in an 18-year-old male. [26] A series of diagnostic tests suggested an insulinoma. However, when the ...

The European Medicines Agency is to review prescribing information with regard to the use of metformin in patients with renal impairment, with a view to harmonizing advice on this issue across the EU.

There is still little that is definitive about the death of Jeffrey James Bradstreet, MD, a physician who employed unorthodox techniques in treating the children who came to his autism-focused ...

If you have a patient, friend, significant other, or family member who is still smoking after a recent stroke, stop what you're doing, attach this in an email, and hit send. Better yet: text/instant ...

In Italy, family doctors are complaining about being overloaded with patients and paperwork, patients can't find a primary care pediatrician, and areas are left abandoned every time the town's doctor ...

Among patients with neurologic or neurodegenerative disorders, spirituality is associated with higher quality of life and greater emotional well-being, new research suggests.

A confounding array of symptoms by this ED patient delays a correct diagnosis, until the attending physician is called in to consult.

Puns aside, assessing for ED shouldn’t be hard. Dr Rachel Rubin shares a tool that makes men more comfortable talking about erectile dysfunction.

We suggest that IL-1α release from infundibular keratinocyte in response to P. acnes-mediated TLR activation is an important step in the complex natural history of the acne lesion (Figure 4). Moreover ...

The aim of this study is to explore from the patients' perspective (i) the effect of fatigue in AS with a focus on (ii) ways of self-managing fatigue as part of their everyday lives, and (iii) to ...

Alas, nutritional epidemiology studies! Dr F. Perry Wilson shares his level of trust in new data about olive oil consumption and dementia-related death.

Fusobacterium is the most common causative organism, but also reported for Streptococcus and Bacteroides species. Infection of the lateral pharyngeal space causes thrombophlebitis of the internal ...