Psychiatric patients with impaired communication abilities were significantly more likely to be admitted involuntarily to inpatient care and to experience coercive measures after admission, based on data from more than 1,500 individuals. Celline Cole Despite improvements in reducing coercive measures in psychiatric inpatient care, both involuntary admission and coercive measures remain in use in many countries worldwide, wrote Celline Cole, […]

Tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. In 2018, the UK’s department of health announced an NHS Genomic Medicine Service, which allows patients with rare diseases to have their entire genetic code read in the hope of providing a much-needed diagnosis. […]

Since their first publication in 2010, the EULAR recommendations for the use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic treatments (DMARDs) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have become a most important publication in the field, and their updates are relied upon by many healthcare professionals, professional organizations and other stakeholders to offer an up-to-date and robust analysis on an optimal approach to the […]

In 2020, medical abortion accounted for only 31.9% of voluntary termination of pregnancy (VTP) procedures in Italy. This finding comes from the most recent Ministry of Health report on the implementation of Law 194 of 1978. Data show that Italy’s percentage of medical abortion is significantly lower in comparison with other countries in Europe. For example, in France and England, medical abortion […]

Research has already linked high blood pressure with an increased risk of a severe case of COVID-19. Now, a new study out of the United Kingdom identifies at what level high blood pressure can help predict a life-threatening case of the virus.  The greatest risk is among people whose systolic blood pressure (SBP, or the top number in a blood […]

There are no school breaks in medicine. Illness and injury don’t take holidays off, and caring for patients is a 24/7 undertaking. While some specialties or practices allow for holiday vacations, most doctors find themselves working ― at least some of the time ― while the rest of the world is celebrating. Please tell us how you approach holidays while […]

There is a need for new, effective treatments for mental illnesses like depression and anxiety. Researchers are expanding the field's therapeutic toolbox by investigating the antidepressant and anxiolytic properties of drugs such as psilocybin and cannabis. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2022, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about […]

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, will lead to heart disease and another tells them the opposite. The answer to this and other conflicting food studies may lie in the use of statistics, according to a report published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Research led by scientists […]

It's a common phenomenon for anyone who regularly works out: two people with similar fitness levels can do the same exercise and get completely different results. It's extremely frustrating for the person who can't seem to improve, despite trying their hardest. A group of Brigham Young University exercise science researchers know the feeling and have taken a run at solving […]

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, found no significant difference in cancer risk in patients with rheumatic disease and a history of malignancy taking biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs compared to those treated with TNF inhibitors. Patients with a history of cancer are routinely excluded from randomized controlled trials, so […]