Surgeon General Salutes 40 Years of Family Medicine

As family medicine moves into its fifth decade as a formal specialty, U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, M.D., remarks on... »

As the GOP presidential candidates begin campaigning in Minnesota this week, they will face the critical health policy... »

Emergency departments at "safety-net" hospitals showed timelines similar to those of EDs in other hospitals for... »

NEW ORLEANS – Compared with warfarin, the new-generation anticoagulant rivaroxaban was associated with a 40% lower risk of... »

A difference of 15 mm Hg or more in systolic blood pressure between a patient’s arms may signal the presence of asymptomatic... »

Meeting a greater number of the American Heart Association’s seven ideal cardiovascular health components is a twofer: not... »

Antigen therapy with glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 formulated with alum failed to induce immunologic tolerance and stem the... »

The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 30 approved a type 2 diabetes therapy that combines linagliptin and metformin in a... »

Metformin use was associated with a decreased risk of pancreatic cancer in women, but not in men, in a large case-control... »

The "Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedules – United States, 2012" includes updated schedules... »

Major changes regarding the use of the human papillomavirus vaccine in males, the hepatitis B vaccine in adults with... »

With the official dedication Dec. 12 of America’s first facility for making influenza vaccine in cell culture, the United... »

Joint replacement surgery continues to become less common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, probably reflecting the... »

What looks like rheumatoid arthritis, feels like rheumatoid arthritis, but isn’t rheumatoid arthritis? Palindromic... »

Oral glucocorticoid therapy increases the risk of serious infection in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis, even when... »