Medical language can sometimes stump patients. And some common sayings are straight-up head-scratchers. Calling a patient’s neurological exam “grossly intact,” for example, might not sound so great, ...

Long-term use of melatonin supplements for sleep may be linked to a greater risk for heart failure, a recent study suggests.

Researchers found there is often a disconnect between the medical language used by doctors and patient understanding. Published in JAMA Network Open, University of Minnesota Medical School researchers ...

Medtronic announced that long-term results from its final report of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial showed that patients treated wi ...

Opioid medications treat pain associated with surgery, cancer, chronic illness, and traumatic injury. The short-term effects of taking opioids are well-studied, but the long-term effects are less ...

Long-term OGC use was associated with greater economic burden and higher complication rates among patients with DM or PM compared with short-term users.

The Alyce G. Clarke Center for Medically Fragile Children will provide long-term care for patients younger than 19 years old with complex medical conditions and training for others’ families to care ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...