One study found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have elevated risk of interstitial lung diseases, while another focused on the relationship of IBD and primary sclerosing cholang...

A 65-year-old man is evaluated for follow-up of chronic hepatitis C virus infection, which was diagnosed more than 20 years ago and treated 2 years ago. He is asymptomatic. Following a physical exam,...

Four weeks of daily glecaprevir and pibrentasvir resulted in sustained virologic response at 12 weeks in 84% of patients with early hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a study found.

Men with cirrhosis had more than double the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, a 63% higher risk of liver transplant, and a 16% higher risk of decompensated cirrhosis than women with the disease, and...

Patients with mild to moderate immunocompromise and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection had similar outcomes to immunocompetent patients after fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT),...

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Provision of medication abortion under shield laws was strongly associated with structural barriers to in-clinic care, such as longer distance and higher poverty rates, data showed.

A 55-year-old man is evaluated in the emergency department with a 1-day history of headache, fever, stiff neck, and photophobia. Following a physical exam and pending blood culture results, in...

A review compared measurements of blood pressure (BP) in research, office, and other settings and found that systolic BP results vary significantly, but a new study showed that intensive BP control...

The 2025 joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) emphasizes prevention, early treatment to reduce cardiovascular disease risk, lifestyle...

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of weight loss interventions before in vitro fertilization (IVF) didn't find a significant increase in pregnancies from IVF, but more patients got pregnant...

A 76-year-old man is evaluated in the hospital before right hip surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning. He fell on the ice while walking his dog and sustained a right femoral neck fracture. He has...

Forty percent of patients who received alteplase between 4.5 and 24 hours after stroke onset achieved functional independence at 90 days compared with 26% who received standard care, a Chinese trial...

Home air purifiers had a positive impact on systolic blood pressure, and nighttime light might explain some of the association between air pollution and cardiovascular disease, recent studies showed.