A boxed warning for nine direct-acting antiviral drugs for HCV advises clinicians to screen for current or prior HVB infections.

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.

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.

Smokeless tobacco--such as snuff and chewing tobacco--which has been shown to cause certain cancers, is also linked to fatal MI and stroke, according to a new meta-analysis.

Should Doctors Help People Die Just Because They're Elderly? A Canadian couple in their 90s recently passed away together under Canada's law that permits physician-assisted dying. An ethics expert ...

Can both cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and COX-2 medications be combined for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) pain not relieved by high doses of either group alone? What would be a recommended starting ...

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Baseline patient characteristics are shown in Table 1 . A total of 117 patients were included. Of these, 46 patients were under 70 years of age and 71 patients were over 70 years of age, with an age ...

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