Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chronic pain: Watch out before accepting diagnosis and treatment

A new commentary published online in The FASEB Journal argues that patients should be diligent and demand proof of safety and benefit before beginning any treatment regimen for chronic pain, as some treatments have very little ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Doxycycline helps one-third of chronic cold urticaria patients

(HealthDay)—Just over one-third of chronic cold urticaria patients benefit from treatment with doxycycline, according to a research letter published online June 25 in the British Journal of Dermatology.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Water on the knee' could be early sign of Lyme disease

Spontaneous knee effusion, also known as "water on the knee," can be a primary symptom of Lyme disease, even when patients do not exhibit a "bull's eye" rash, another common Lyme disease symptom. According to a literature ...

Surgery

Novel antibiotic cement to treat bone infections

Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments—a threat that has been met with insufficient funding ...

Medications

Antibiotics are not always the answer

The discovery of penicillin in 1928 was heralded as a medical miracle. As one of the first antibiotics, it could cure patients of potentially deadly bacterial illnesses, such as scarlet fever, typhoid and pneumonia.

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