AI-generated responses to patient portal messages may improve workflow for nurses but not for other health care workers, a ...

(HealthDay News) — Treating hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections with antibiotics for 7 days is noninferior to treating for 14 days, according to a study presented at the annual eeting of ...

Acute kidney injury is a significant complication among patients with vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic syndrome, occurring in 25% of cases and often associated with disease ...

(HealthDay News) — Patients with comorbid diabetes have an elevated risk for lower extremity amputation (LEA) at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with patients without diabetes, ...

Investigators have identified a number of potential considerations resulting from billing patients for consults via secure messaging. Billing patients for physician services provided via patient ...

The optimal duration of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in patients undergoing cystectomy is within 24 hours, research confirms.

(HealthDay News) — Standing more does not improve cardiovascular health and may increase the risk for circulatory issues, according to a study published online in the International Journal of ...

Generic tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine the most frequently prescribed medication since 2021. (HealthDay News) — Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use increased between 2013 and 2023, ...

Kidney transplant between donors and recipients with HIV is successful, research shows, which may help addresses the organ ...

Pharmacists may continue making compounded versions of the weight-loss medication tirzepatide while the US Food and Drug Administration revisits its Oct. 2 decision to remove the medicine from a ...

Patients not waitlisted for kidney transplant received breast or prostate cancer screening at lower-than-expected rates, including those with good life expectancy. Breast and prostate cancer ...

(HealthDay News) — There are no significant differences in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality with the prescription of dialysate calcium 1.50 versus 1.25 mmol/L for patients undergoing hemodialysis ...