Activity (necroinflammation) and fibrosis are two major histologic features of chronic hepatitis C included in different proposed classifications. One of the few validated scoring systems is ...

Clinical features initially attributed to PCOS Hirsutism, subfertility, greasy skin and acne Hirsutism, secondary amenorrhea, weight gain Subfertility, weight gain Obesity, weight gain, primary ...

At its first meeting under the new administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory ...

Aging Health. 2013;9(2):179-187. 1 Division of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd Hospital, SE-182 88 ...

Three medications have spasticity reduction as their primary indication: baclofen (Lioresal ®), dantrolene (Dantrium ®), and tizanidine (Zanaflex ®). These drugs represent the mainstays of ...

Kathryn L. Grant, Pharm.D., Assistant Professor College of Pharmacy, Craig D. Schneider, M.D., Fellow, Program in Integrative Medicine College of Medicine, University ...

The flavonoid silymarin and one of its structural components, silibinin, are substances with documented hepatoprotective properties. Their mechanisms of action are still poorly understood.

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents pose a great risk in patients undergoing surgery. Because these products inhibit at least one, and often multiple, factors in the clotting cascade, patients ...

Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) caused by the CCHF virus, a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Nairovirus, is a tick-borne acute viral hemorrhagic fever with a high case–fatality ...

The role of microbiological analysis of bile from patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is unclear. Although the majority of such patients have positive ...

Compared with women with ASC-US, the results of women with ASC-H on routine Pap are much more likely to have moderate to severe CIN, with estimates ranging widely from 24% to 94%. As a result ...

Simply defined, a cystocele is a protrusion of the bladder into the vagina due to defects in pelvic support (Fig. 1). The radiographic definition of a cystocele is descent of the bladder base ...