DESIGN The first large cross sectional study of a patient cohort from the AFD clinical and genetic register (UK), maintained for the last 15 years. MEASURES Prevalence, mortality, frequency of AFD ...

Ocular manifestations of SLE are common and may lead to permanent blindness from the ... The terminology of ‘vasculitis’ in lupus retinopathy can be confounding among clinical presentation and ...

A clinical trial is one that involves human participants and seeks to answer specific questions about a type of medical intervention. This can be a drug or other type of treatment, such as nutritional ...

Sugar-sweetened beverages, the epidemiology of driving after an ICD, BP measurements, and massive EBM lesson in EVT for acute stroke are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in today's podcast.

It has a strong genetic component but environmental factors such as infections can play an important role in the presentation of disease. There are several clinical cutaneous manifestations of ...

Sports Injuries of the Hip in Primary Care Bursitis or tendinopathy? FABER or FADIR? The Curbsiders share tips from an expert on how to assess and manage sport-related hip pain.

Candidates for entry into clinical trials can then be selected based on their effectiveness and safety in disease models. All drugs require data from various toxicological preclinical studies to ...

Metabolic syndrome affects between 30% and 40% of adults by age 65. It's rare to have metabolic syndrome symptoms—so the diagnosis depends on blood tests and other clinical measures. Lifestyle changes ...