The prevalence of palpable thyroid nodules in adults increases with age (average 4-7% for the United States population) with thyroid nodules being more common in women than men.

The dermatology nurse will play an instrumental role in administering these novel agents and in patient education. The purpose of this article is to familiarize nurses with the role of the immune ...

Background. Intraoperative testing of colonic anastomoses is routine in assuring anastamotic integrity. We sought to determine the efficacy of the methylene blue enema (MBE) as an intraoperative test ...

Estimates show that 35% of new HIV infections among males and 32% of new HIV infections among females in the U.S. occur among individuals below the age of 29 years. [] While the overall incidence of ...

Introduction. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, comprising approximately 29% of all cancers. Last year, about 180,000 new diagnoses of prostate cancer were made in the United ...

As always, the conference offered a wide range of both basic and clinical research, and we at ACC have chosen the oral and poster presentations that we believe have the greatest relevance to clinical ...

Concurrent with the global obesity epidemic, there is an increasing number of people of all ages developing chronic kidney disease associated with obesity. In adults, the definition of obesity is a ...

Authors and Disclosures. GT Hernandez is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, TX and Assistant ...

The concept of futile care is controversial and difficult to define. Efforts to prolong life, once considered an outcome of healing, may now be viewed by some as harmful acts of prolonging suffering.

Since its initial description in the late 1930s, there have been many significant advances in the management of CF. Current standard of care includes regular chest physiotherapy, maximization of ...

Abstract and Introduction. Background: Although contact allergy to some metals is common, patch testing for allergy to platinum is rarely performed. Objective: To determine the prevalence of positive ...

Abstract and Introduction Abstract. Dolutegravir is a second-generation HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) and the most recent antiretroviral approved for treatment of HIV-1 infection.