Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting approximately 6% of this population. [1] The clinical issues in PCOS relate to ...

Given the importance of hemodynamic considerations in heart failure treatment, impedance cardiography (ICG) is a technology that permits economical, noninvasive monitoring of hemodynamic ...

Arthritis Care Research News Alerts. 2008;59(2):227-233. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used to treat arthritis, which affects one-third of all adults. These drugs are available ...

John J. Vargo, MD, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is ...

Why: Informal supporters provide the majority of long-term care to chronically disabled elders. Caregiving has been recognized as an activity with perceived benefits and burdens. Caregivers may be ...

One of the first notable sham peer reviews took place in Oregon in the early 1980s. The physician who took it up with the courts was Dr. Patrick, and the Supreme Court ruled in his favor.

Differences in how men and women manifest and experience psoriatic arthritis suggest it’s time to think of patient sex as a ...

A summary of various comorbidities in our present series is compared with previously published series in Table 1. The mean amount of contrast was 97 cc (range 6-350 cc), and the mean ...

Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the disparities observed between men and women with respect to the incidence of thyroid cancer, including differential screening, gender-specific ...

Purpose: Evidence on the efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for the prevention and treatment of upper-respiratory-tract infection (URTI) in children is reviewed.

Early research links the human cytomegalovirus, a type of herpes virus found in the gut, to the development of Alzheimer’s ...

There are few trials that correlate the effect of a treatment, such as dental whitening, on oral health and quality of life, psychosocial impact, and aesthetic self-perception. [3] Normally, the ...