Improved Osteoporosis Screening Guidelines Released by USPSTF
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its final recommendations this week on the screening of women for osteoporosis to prevent fractures
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published its final recommendations this week on the screening of women for osteoporosis to prevent fractures
Scientists have pinpointed minute exosomes as the main vehicle that allows the spread of toxic proteins that trigger the onset of Alzheimer's Disease across a person's brain network
All expectant families should have a pediatric prenatal visit, according to a clinical report published online June 25 in Pediatrics
Orthopedic surgeon Michael Salata, MD, Director, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Associate Team Physician, Cleveland Browns, is the first in Northeast Ohio to employ a new technique that lessens complications when performing hip arthroscopy
In the present study, an effective method of screening patients for closed-angle glaucoma has been developed by A*STAR researchers
Prentice and next-door neighbor Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago together treat more than 2,000 of the most fragile of infants in neonatal intensive care each year
The addition of fluorine-18 (18F)-fluciclovine positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to the diagnostic workup of patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer locates previously undetected lesions and changes treatment management for the majority of patients, according to a clinical trial report
The findings, which come from a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), indicate that a deeper appreciation of patients' emotional experiences may offer important opportunities to improve care
An international team of researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated a way to stop it in animal experiments
Men with non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and a quickly rising PSA level present a medical dilemma. The rising PSA (prostate-specific antigen) means there is cancer activity, but no visible metastasis in a scan
Young American children are being sickened—and even dying—after being poisoned by a drug used to fight opioid addiction, according to the new research
Only a small percentage of breast cancer cases can be linked to heredity, and many of the genes with ties to the disease are unknown. But findings from a new study point to probable new genes for susceptibility