Reducing Risk, One Mask at a Time: What the Science Says Could masks create a comeback as we move beyond COVID-19? Here are the latest insights into their impact and effectiveness on public health.

A calculation error related to the Rule of 6 may have contributed to an infant's death recently when it led to a misplaced decimal point and the preparation of a ...

Background: Variable rates of HER2 protein overexpression and gene amplification have been reported in advanced ovarian cancers (AOC). Trastuzumab, tested only as a single agent, has been shown to ...

Statins are a standard of care in many clinical settings such as acute myocardial infarction and for patients having or at risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. This is based on a plethora of data ...

There are two types of RD: rhegmatogenous and nonrhegmatogenous. The distinguishing characteristic is the presence or absence of a full-thickness retinal break (rhegma) (Figure 1). In ...

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major contributor to the global burden of disease and has received considerable attention in recent years, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where ...

Erectile dysfunction (ED), which usually is caused by vascular disease of the penile arteries, might be associated with disease in other vascular beds including the heart. Partly supported by the ...

BACKGROUND: Oral metronidazole has been reported to be effective in some patients with idiopathic lichen planus (LP) who did not have concomitant protozoal infections of the intestinal or genital ...

Gastroparesis is a chronic disorder that affects a significant subset of the population. Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for the development of gastroparesis. Currently, metoclopramide is the ...

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. All research articles in BMC Pregnancy and ...

The most commonly used medications to treat OAB have anticholinergic properties. Anticholinergics are competitive inhibitors of acetylcholine at muscarinic receptors (mainly the M3 receptor ...

Early syphilis therapy was a focus of intense research in the early 20th century with many and varied approaches being used. The development of penicillin and its efficacy in the treatment of ...