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New studies examine the cost-benefit equation for proton beam therapy, whose utilization appears to be governed more at present by availability than by efficacy.

A retrospective study suggests that HbA1c plus FPG should prove useful in assessing diabetes risk in healthy patients.

A case report about managing a very rare form, and guidelines for managing the second-most common type.

Systematic reviews raise issues about the long-term benefits of early treatment for asymptomatic patients with multiple myeloma, and about the best way to treat bone pain in breast cancer.

At least at VA hospitals, obesity is one rare physical condition for which psychiatric patients seem to get better care than people with purely medical conditions. The effect of medications is only one of many reasons why extra vigilance for medical problems is important for people who have serious mental health issues.

There's an urgent need to evaluate surgeries for trigeminal neuralgia, says the Cochrane Collaboration. A new imaging method could help.

Salvage radiotherapy provides long-term protection against biochemical failure, in a new study from Spain.

Women with chronic kidney disease no longer need to avoid pregnancy, according to the experts. But their situation is so new that it's difficult to give them informed counseling.

Evidently burnout is quite resistant to intervention. But a review points out that there's insufficient evidence to support diagnosing or treating the condition effectively.

Should sham surgery be more common? One observer argues that they should be used more regularly as controls to establish the effectiveness of actual intentional surgical procedures.

Ulcerative colitis patients with chronic pouchitis after restorative proctocolectomy are at risk of dysplasia and need to be monitored regularly.

The first randomized study to pose the question finds that, although there are consequences, most patients with dementia can tolerate discontinuing SSRIs.

Tumor growth due to overexpression of insulin-like growth factor 2 in tumor cells may be checked by administration of a protein that binds it.

The time-honored treatment for clubfoot stands up to scrutiny, but there's a vexing problem that interferes with success in many cases. You'll recognize it.

New research suggests that community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is often a family affair.