Among patients with an acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), the risk of a subsequent ischemic stroke is…
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Trial of Roflumilast Cream for Chronic Plaque Psoriasis
High-potency topical glucocorticoids and vitamin D derivatives are the main treatments for psoriasis. Topical glucocorticoids are effective in the treatment…
Uncertain Trust
“I know you are worried about Xin — all of us are, as well,” I told the patient’s mother. “We…
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…