The current system for protecting people participating in clinical drug trials is outdated and needs to be overhauled, according to an article in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American ...

A series of articles published in JAMA based on National Institutes of Health-funded research update the definition of sepsis and provide a more robust framework for clinicians and patients to treat ...

Rising AF numbers: the ATRIA study A new study confirms that atrial fibrillation occurs commonly among older US adults, and projects these numbers will more than double over the next 50 years as the ...

Autonomic markers in ICD risk stratification Analyzing the autonomic markers, baroreflex sensitivity, and heart rate variability, in addition to traditional risk stratifiers, pinpoint post-MI patients ...

CHICAGO – Prescriptions for antibiotics that could be taken in advance to prevent against anthrax were uncommon among concerned patients after September 11, 2001 and the 2001 U.S. anthrax attacks, ...