Half of patients prescribed statins in primary care fail to reach ‘healthy’ cholesterol levels after two years of treatment with…
Indicators of despair rising among Gen X-ers entering middle age
Indicators of despair — depression, suicidal ideation, drug use and alcohol abuse — are rising among Americans in their late…
Mid-life resting heart rate of 75 plus beats/minute linked to doubling in early death risk
A resting heart rate of 75 beats per minute in mid-life is linked to a doubling in the risk of…
Doubles badminton players may be at highest risk of serious eye injury during play
Doubles badminton players may be at greatest risk of potentially serious eye injury during matches compared with singles players, suggests…
Discriminatory and Sexually Inappropriate Remarks from Patients and its Challenge to Professionalism
As a medical team enters the hospital room for bedside rounds, the patient points to the female attending physician and…
“A Disappearing Lung Mass: Round Pneumonia”
To The Editor;
Cause of rare genetic metabolic disorder
A new study is the first to identify a rarely-seen type of DNA mutation as the cause of an inherited…
Low scam awareness in old age may be an early sign of impending cognitive decline and dementia
Low scam awareness in older people is associated with risk for developing Alzheimer dementia or mild cognitive impairment in the…