“I know you are worried about Xin — all of us are, as well,” I told the patient’s mother. “We…
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Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis: A Review
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, and the leading cause of…
Dietary Sodium Restriction for Heart Failure: A Systematic Review of Intervention Outcomes and Behavioral Determinants
The 1500mg/day dietary sodium-restriction commonly recommended for patients with heart failure has recently been questioned. Poor adherence to sodium restricted…
Autochthonous Chagas’ Disease. How are These Infections Happening?
Proven cases of vector-transmitted acute autochthonous Chagas’ disease in the US are rare (
The Importance of Acquiring Financial Security for Physicians
This review tries to make the case that physicians should be adequately rewarded financially so that they can have a…
Researchers solve a long-standing problem in organic chemistry
Chemists have for a long time been interested in efficiently constructing polyenes – not least in order to be able…
Research helping to improve detection of disease in newborn babies
New research will help health-care practitioners to more accurately diagnose disease and illness in newborn babies from urine samples, according…
Dangerous parasite controls host cell to spread around body
Researchers have discovered new information about how a dangerous parasite takes control of a patient’s cells as it spreads throughout…
When power is toxic: Dominance reduces influence in groups
A new study finds that groups led by subordinate males outperform those led by dominant and aggressive males.
CVS Fined for Prescription Errors and Poor Staffing at Pharmacies
Regulators faulted four locations in Oklahoma, a rare action that followed complaints at drugstore chains across the country.