A personalized intervention for hearing care could help protect cognitive health in older adults at risk of dementia, ...

The clinical practice update offers 12 “best practice advice” statements on POEM to treat achalasia and other esophageal ...

A new study adds to a growing body of research suggesting a potential link between popular GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and vision loss.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Anjali Patel, DO, a cognitive neurologist at Atlantic Health System, shares more. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder ...

By uniting communities and hospitals, patients can be provided with comprehensive continuity of care, which facilitates chronic disease management and follow-up. “…so with the system like this they ...

New data published today shows that 784 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week (week ending 19 January 2025), up from 650 the previous week. Levels ...

New guidelines are in place for Alberta doctors who, for safety reasons, decide to reduce the number of patients on their roster. Acknowledging the province's health-care system is under strain ...

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Medicare patients referred to a neurologist had to ... “Neurologists provide important and ongoing care for people with complex conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson ...

Dr Davies said: “This is not the care we want to be providing – this is just getting through the day. “It’s a huge infection risk having people in this close proximity. Some patients will ...

For example, a treatment for cholangiocarcinoma — a rare form of cancer that forms in a patient's bile ducts — is considered a "global standard of care" in other countries, but isn't ...