The risk for breast induration is associated with the volume of irradiated breast tissue in patients aged 65 years or older, but not in those aged 50-64 years, according to a recent study. The ...

Earlier this fall, Medscape Medical News spoke to endocrinologists Angela M. Leung, MD, and Karen Tsai, MD, on how to interpret abnormal results of thyroid hormone tests. To address some additional ...

Luminopia, a software system approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat amblyopia by modifying TV shows and movies in virtual reality (VR) headsets, is improving visual acuity for ...

After Tuesday’s US election, 15 physicians will serve in Congress, with the possibility of three more whose races remain too close to call. Three newly elected Democrats — Maxine Dexter, MD, a Oregon ...

Genetic testing of patients with inherited retinal diseases may be less likely to turn up a conclusive diagnosis for certain racial groups, according to new research.

CHICAGO — Endocrinologists may be shifting toward greater use of antithyroid drugs (ATDs) over radioactive iodine (RAI) for initial treatment of Graves’ disease. Severe thyrotoxicosis remains rare but ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection rates among people who inject drugs are high immediately after treatment in community settings, particularly among those reporting recent injection drug use and ...

The “dawn phenomenon” (DP) describes a pattern in which episodes of hyperglycemia are experienced by patients with diabetes or prediabetes during the early morning hours (usually between 3:00 and 8:00 ...

After analyzing approximately 150 cans of tuna collected from five European countries, the French nonprofit organization BLOOM announced that they were all contaminated to some extent by mercury. More ...

Smoldering-associated worsening (SAW) of multiple sclerosis (MS) deserves a broader, more comprehensive approach to diagnosis, treatment, and research that goes beyond neurologists’ understanding of ...

Practice-changing studies in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and promising new directions in wet AMD, presented at ...

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Annual Meeting is coming up in Washington, DC. From November 14 through November 19, this year’s gathering offers hundreds of sessions on basic, ...