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JACKSON, Miss. — Storm clouds hung low above a community center in Jackson, where pastor Andre Devine invited people inside for lunch. Hoagies with smoked turkey and ham drew the...

Rennie Glasgow, who has served 15 years at the Social Security Administration, is seeing something new on the job: dead people. They’re not really dead, of course. In four instances...

Fewer than 5% of patients with abnormal movements indicating tardive dyskinesia (TD) or a specific mention of TD in a mental state exam had an ICD-TD diagnosis. The post ICD-Confirmed...

A recent study found that COVID-19 hospitalization for patients with CKD increased the risk for poor long-term adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes. The post COVID-19 Hospitalization Increases Risk for MACE,...

Less than one-third of US emergency departments surveyed reported conducting routine screening for adverse SDOH, according to recently published research. The post Less Than One-Third of EDs Screen for Adverse...

A recent study found ibuprofen did not raise bleeding risk or compromise skin graft success in patients undergoing skin grafting surgery for acute burn injury. The post Ibuprofen Appears Safe...

This slideshow provides an overview of immunotherapy approaches being used and studied in the treatment of breast cancer. The post Exploring Immunotherapy Options for Breast Cancer first appeared on Physician’s...

Take this quiz on headache and fever in children and learn about when they are red flags for serious illness. The post Quiz Challenge: When Are Headache and Fever Red...

Dr. Chao H. Huang explains his skepticism regarding a recent study that linked chronic pain to significantly higher lung cancer incidence and mortality rates. The post Q&A: Is Chronic Pain...

When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to a woman in Louisiana, it stoked fear across the network...