Kathryn Doyle | MDedge

After a Fracture, Patients Often Continue Meds that Boost Fracture Risk

Older people who break a bone are often receiving medications that can increase the risk of a fracture

(Reuters Health) - Patients in the emergency room who don't speak English well are slightly more likely to return within days, suggesting their...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been letting patients grade their hospital experiences, and those "patient experience scores"...

(Reuters Health) - Patients assigned a "nonurgent" status on arrival in the emergency room might still be sick enough to be hospitalized, a new...

(Reuters Health) - Over the last 40 years, heart disease rates have dropped in the U.S.

(Reuters Health) - For people with Alzheimer's disease, having gum disease is tied to faster cognitive decline, according to a new study. "What...

(Reuters Health) - Having sleep apnea may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Taiwan. Researchers analyzed...

When doctors discuss prognosis with advanced cancer patients, those patients have more realistic views of their life expectancy and don't seem to...

NEW YORK - Older adults living in long-term care are more than twice as likely as their peers living at home to suffer a fracture, and a new...

Too little sleep, or poor-quality sleep, may be linked to early markers of heart disease in asymptomatic healthy adults, a new study from South...

State laws have played a big part in boosting the number of hospitals where specialized stroke care is available, a new study shows. During the...