The healthcare community is well aware of the adverse effects of lead on children. But we unfortunately pay less attention to the negative fallout for women of childbearing age.

Sometimes a medical practice needs to terminate a patient relationship. Practices should understand when and how to make it happen.

Sexual comments about their anatomy or body parts and leering were most frequent, as were deliberately infringing on body space and standing too close. About one half of medical staff respondents (51% ...

It is ironic that considerable energy has been directed toward patient-protection practices with little measurable benefit, whereas the health risks of radiation from CT proceed unchecked.

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

Spinal Cord/Nerve Root/Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Electrical neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation nerve root stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation) was highlighted in an all-day symposium ...

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 ...

JUPITER, the first primary prevention trial that has ever shown a statistically significant reduction in women treated with statins, is discussed by an expert panel.

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

From the analysis of the literature, it is apparent that the advancements in nanotechnology can extend treatment of intoxications beyond the limitations of gastric clearing and antidotes. Several ...

Read full-text medical journal articles from Medscape's Medscape Blogs - Dr Kathrin LaFaver.

An advisory body in Switzerland has proposed that the country end systematic breast cancer screening with mammography.