Pelvic Pain During Early Pregnancy

Vaginal Bleeding During Early Pregnancy

Nausea and Vomiting During Early Pregnancy

Tumor markers

Tumor markers are substances produced by tumor cells or by other cells of the body in response to cancer or certain benign (noncancerous) conditions. These substances can be found in the blood, in t...

Arthritis - publications, news, reports

Arthritis is by definition the inflammation of one or more joints, characterized by swelling, pain, warmth, redness and diminished range of joint movement (Oxford Medical Dictionary). There are ma...

Low Muscular Strength In Teen Years Increases Suicide Risk And Risk Of Dying Early From Heart Disease

Teenagers with a low muscular strength have a 30% higher risk of committing suicide before the age of 55 years, and a 65% higher risk of developing psychiatric diseases such as depression of schizophr...

'Near Remission' Status May Be OK in Early Arthritis (CME/CE)

BERLIN (MedPage Today) -- Near remission based on joint counts and acute phase reactants may be a sufficient predictor of radiographic progression over 3 years in early arthritis, a researcher reporte...

Early Insulin Delays Diabetes, but at What Cost? (CME/CE)

BERLIN (MedPage Today) -- For patients with impaired glucose tolerance or early diabetes, use of insulin glargine (Lantus) was the best predictor of maintaining a lower hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level ov...

Plasma levels of tau appear to be a strong predictor for AD

A study by researchers at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute suggests that plasma levels of tau, a protein formed in the brain, appears to be a biomarker and a strong predictor for Alzheimer's d...

Waist to Height Ratio Better Risk Predictor Than BMI

Waist to height ratio is a better predictor of heart disease and diabetes risk than body mass index, according...

Pain significant predictor of SCC

Pain is a significant predictor of squamous cell carcinoma compared to basal cell carcinoma, according to results of a recent study.

New study finds maternal diet important predictor of severity for infant RSV

An important predictor of the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants may be what their mothers ate during pregnancy, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the American Journal...

Early PBC prognosis advocated

Biochemical response to ursodeoxycholic acid at 6 months is a better predictor for primary biliary cirrhosis prognosis than the current standard of 1 year, study results suggest.

Comorbidity as a risk factor for overall survival and decision criteria for intensity of chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

This single-center study estimated the significance of pretreatment factors, including comorbidities, which may predict outcome in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia and determined how poor...

Self-efficacy as a robust predictor of outcome in guided self-help treatment for broadly defined bulimia nervosa.

OBJECTIVE:: To examine predictors of guided self-help (GSH) treatment outcome in bulimia nervosa (BN). METHOD:: Data were included from 87 individuals who participated in one of two randomized control...

Severe Hepatic Trauma: Nonoperative Management, Definitive Repair, or Damage Control Surgery?

BACKGROUND: Management of severe liver injuries has evolved to include the options for nonoperative management and damage control surgery. The present study analyzes the criteria...

Early renal damage assessed by the SLICC/ACR damage index is predictor of severe outcome in lupus patients in Pakistan.

We investigated patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with the objective of assessing whether early damage accrued in systemic lupus erythematosus as measured by the SLICC/ACR Damage Index predic...

Increased risk for distant metastasis in patients with familial early-stage breast cancer and high EZH2 expression.

The identification of women with early-stage breast cancer who will develop distant metastasis may improve clinical management. The transcriptional regulator Enhancer of Zeste-2 (EZH2) is overexpresse...