A simple blood test for platelet activity at middle age could one day help identify people at risk for Alzheimer's disease ...

Chest pain may still be angina even when coronary angiogram testing shows the main heart arteries look clear. Using stress ...

Analysis of Patients from CLEAR Outcomes Receiving No Other Background Lipid Lowering Therapies, Bempedoic Acid Alone Reduced MACE-4 by 14% ...

Commercial, paid medical screening like blood tests, whole body MRIs and DEXA scans, which can evaluate bone density and percentage of body fat and muscle, offer insight into the body and are being ...

Risk stratification of patients with chest pain has traditionally focused on identifying obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Using this traditional approach, many symptomatic individuals are ...

Chaplin, J. , Akhtari, A. and Lum, W. (2025) Recurrent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) with Negative D-Dimer in a Patient on Rivaroxaban: A Diagnostic Pitfall. Open Journal of Emergency Medicine, 13, ...

Pancreatic cancer is often referred to as a silent disease because early signs are typically quite subtle. People may first ...

Patients who could potentially have blood cancer are facing agonising waiting times of more than triple what is recommended ...

A 70-year-old man presented to Tufts emergency department with a 2-day history of left eye redness and periorbital swelling ...

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) involves performing US examinations directly at the point of patient care in both prehospital and hospital settings.1,2 POCUS involves using US diagnostics by medical ...

Among patients undergoing panniculectomy to remove excess abdominal skin, those with previous COVID may be at higher risk of ...

From swelling to varicose veins, Charles Leithead, MD, of Ochsner Health, explains why patients should not ignore signs of ...