As the opioid epidemic worsens, rates of drug use-related infective endocarditis and associated procedures have grown substantially.

Ethics consultants begin by identifying and clarifying the conflict to ensure it is related to ethics.

Findings published in 2020 suggest that irregular sleep schedules may increase CVD risk independent of sleep quality or duration.

Estimates vary, but research has suggested that roughly 60% of patients undergoing cancer therapy experience pain.

Physicians are calling on colleagues to bring up the cost of care and its potential impact when discussing treatment options with patients.

Investigators reported findings from the first randomized trial to evaluate the use of metastasis-directed therapy with hormone therapy in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer.

Currently available early detection methods for PDAC vary in diagnostic accuracy, which has researchers exploring alternatives for helping patients at high risk.

HIPAA protects patients from unauthorized disclosure of personal information by covered entities such as medical practices and hospitals, but out from under the HIPAA umbrella, patients are mostly on their own, according to the authors of a recent report.

Surrogate decision makers for a patient are obligated to make health care decisions based on what the patient would have wanted if it is known.

Sameed Khatana MD, and Barrak Alahmad, MD, discuss the impact of climate change on patients’ risk for cardiovascular disease.